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Waste Connections (WCN) Competitors

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C$244.13 +2.50 (+1.03%)
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WCN vs. CCO, RBA, GIB.A, GFL, STN, QBR.B, QBR.A, MEG, SJ, and NVEI

Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Cameco (CCO), RB Global (RBA), CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Waste Connections vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste ConnectionsC$9.23B6.80C$662.45MC$2.4898.44
CamecoC$3.57B14.29C$117.81MC$1.2296.08

Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cameco pays out 13.1% 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 a net margin of 10.81% compared to Cameco's net margin of 4.17%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.86% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Connections10.81% 11.86% 5.00%
Cameco 4.17%1.89%2.38%

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.398821, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.130125, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

62.5% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cameco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 2 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Waste Connections and 2 mentions for Cameco. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.13 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cameco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of C$265.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.55%. Cameco has a consensus target price of C$113.46, suggesting a potential downside of 3.21%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.23

Summary

Waste Connections beats Cameco on 14 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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WCN vs. The Competition

MetricWaste ConnectionsWaste Management IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$62.77BC$6.70BC$7.92BC$9.70B
Dividend Yield0.72%1.75%4.58%6.49%
P/E Ratio98.449.28310.3926.77
Price / Sales6.809.38246.5910.68
Price / Cash230.0540.6528.2583.29
Price / Book7.626.554.925.68
Net IncomeC$662.45MC$60.69MC$796.44MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.69%1.94%1.89%1.74%
1 Month Performance-2.08%10.64%5.25%7.93%
1 Year Performance1.11%56.48%30.14%39.88%

Waste Connections Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCN
Waste Connections
2.4234 of 5 stars
C$244.13
+1.0%
C$265.00
+8.5%
+0.8%C$62.77BC$9.23B98.4422,100
CCO
Cameco
1.1845 of 5 stars
C$117.59
-1.4%
C$113.46
-3.5%
+76.1%C$51.20BC$3.57B96.394,700Analyst Revision
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$149.61
0.0%
N/A+39.5%C$27.77BC$4.42B73.704,200
GIB.A
CGI
2.6471 of 5 stars
C$123.75
+0.8%
C$179.40
+45.0%
N/AC$27.36BC$15.56B16.3990,000News Coverage
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$65.26
+0.4%
N/A+22.4%C$23.62BC$8.08B7.1219,500Positive News
STN
Stantec
1.4585 of 5 stars
C$147.10
-0.6%
C$155.50
+5.7%
+40.6%C$16.88BC$7.78B38.5131,000Dividend Announcement
QBR.B
Quebecor
1.362 of 5 stars
C$43.24
+0.6%
C$42.59
-1.5%
+26.9%C$9.92BC$5.61B12.9510,039
QBR.A
Quebecor
1.0188 of 5 stars
C$42.72
flat
C$43.25
+1.2%
N/AC$9.80BC$5.61B12.7910,000
MEG
MEG Energy
2.6585 of 5 stars
C$28.23
-1.5%
C$30.86
+9.3%
+6.0%C$7.29BC$4.81B13.51449
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.1693 of 5 stars
C$76.28
-0.4%
C$84.50
+10.8%
-10.2%C$4.21BC$3.45B12.84280News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370

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