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GFL Environmental (GFL) Competitors

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C$68.73 -1.05 (-1.50%)
As of 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

GFL vs. CCO, WCN, 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 Cameco (CCO), Waste Connections (WCN), 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

Cameco (TSE:CCO) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Cameco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CamecoC$2.83B15.66C$117.81MC$0.26380.21
GFL EnvironmentalC$7.88B3.37-C$594.65M-C$1.52-45.11

Cameco has a net margin of 4.17% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.55%. Cameco's return on equity of 1.89% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cameco4.17% 1.89% 2.38%
GFL Environmental -7.55%-8.41%1.22%

Cameco has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

76.1% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Cameco pays out 45.3% 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.

Cameco presently has a consensus target price of C$103.85, suggesting a potential upside of 3.20%. Given Cameco's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cameco is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.31
GFL Environmental
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

In the previous week, Cameco had 15 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cameco and 3 mentions for GFL Environmental. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.00 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cameco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GFL Environmental
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Cameco beats GFL Environmental on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GFL vs. The Competition

MetricGFL EnvironmentalWaste Management IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$26.52BC$5.67BC$7.54BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield0.12%1.81%4.57%6.72%
P/E Ratio-45.1131.3624.2963.43
Price / Sales3.379.4298.961,250.99
Price / Cash55.1140.6527.5383.29
Price / Book3.737.554.314.86
Net Income-C$594.65MC$60.69MC$795.64MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.03%-2.11%-1.88%-2.27%
1 Month Performance4.63%-2.99%2.32%0.79%
1 Year Performance23.86%21.18%29.73%26.62%

GFL Environmental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$68.73
-1.5%
N/A+23.6%C$26.52BC$7.88B-45.1119,500Analyst Revision
CCO
Cameco
1.4586 of 5 stars
C$108.70
-0.4%
C$98.77
-9.1%
+76.8%C$47.84BC$2.83B410.704,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WCN
Waste Connections
0.7192 of 5 stars
C$255.57
-0.3%
C$265.00
+3.7%
+3.8%C$46.46BC$6.13B49.4022,100
GIB.A
CGI
3.0866 of 5 stars
C$137.13
-1.0%
C$175.62
+28.1%
-14.9%C$27.95BC$14.52B19.1890,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$149.01
-0.3%
N/A+41.5%C$19.25BC$2.06B65.474,200
STN
Stantec
1.7271 of 5 stars
C$149.10
-1.3%
C$150.17
+0.7%
+23.5%C$17.00BC$7.14B49.7631,000Analyst Forecast
MEG
MEG Energy
2.5689 of 5 stars
C$27.74
+2.2%
C$30.61
+10.4%
-4.7%C$7.19BC$5.39B14.69449News Coverage
Dividend Increase
QBR.B
Quebecor
1.1816 of 5 stars
C$39.42
-3.2%
C$40.39
+2.5%
+27.0%C$6.22BC$5.67B12.4410,039
SJ
Stella-Jones
0.9122 of 5 stars
C$79.20
-1.9%
C$84.80
+7.1%
-14.9%C$4.43BC$3.41B13.83280
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$39.91
-2.4%
N/AN/AC$3.06BC$5.67B12.5910,000

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