WCN vs. UBER, SPGI, PDD, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, TCOM, IQV, and GIB
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), and CGI (GIB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Waste Connections vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 129 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 142 mentions for Uber Technologies and 13 mentions for Waste Connections. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.46 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Uber Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. Uber Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections received 287 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.22% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote while only 75.00% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus target price of $212.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Uber Technologies has a consensus target price of $94.39, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Uber Technologies.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Uber Technologies has a net margin of 22.41% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 6.92%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 62.60% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats Waste Connections on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WCN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WCN) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
