WCN vs. UBER, PDD, SPGI, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, TCOM, IQV, and CPAY
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Uber Technologies (UBER), PDD (PDD), S&P Global (SPGI), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), and Corpay (CPAY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Waste Connections vs.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Uber Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $93.69, suggesting a potential upside of 5.80%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $208.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.41%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Uber Technologies.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less 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.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 83 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 114 mentions for Uber Technologies and 31 mentions for Waste Connections. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.32 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections received 285 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.26% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote while only 74.91% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats Waste Connections on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WCN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
