GFL vs. WCN, CCO, GIB.A, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A
Should you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include Waste Connections (WCN), Cameco (CCO), CGI (GIB.A), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
GFL Environmental vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Waste Connections received 242 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.00% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 6 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Waste Connections and 0 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.20 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental pays out -5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Waste Connections has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of C$265.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.69%. Given Waste Connections' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.55%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.86% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.
89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:GFL) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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