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Waste Connections (WCN) Competitors

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C$271.47 -0.80 (-0.29%)
As of 02:29 PM Eastern

WCN vs. GIB.A, GFL, CCO, RBA, STN, QBR.B, MEG, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A

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

Waste Connections vs.

Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and CGI (TSE:GIB.A) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

CGI has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. CGI 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$6.13B8.05C$662.45MC$5.1752.40
CGIC$14.52B2.04C$1.67BC$7.1520.30

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of C$265.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.25%. CGI has a consensus target price of C$177.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.96%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
CGI
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CGI received 410 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.81% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 68.62% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ConnectionsOutperform Votes
258
68.62%
Underperform Votes
118
31.38%
CGIOutperform Votes
668
73.81%
Underperform Votes
237
26.19%

89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CGI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CGI has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 10.81%. CGI's return on equity of 19.51% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Connections10.81% 11.86% 5.00%
CGI 11.51%19.51%9.35%

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 15 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Waste Connections and 4 mentions for CGI. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.44 indicating that CGI 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CGI
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

CGI beats Waste Connections on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WCN vs. The Competition

MetricWaste ConnectionsWaste Management IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$49.28BC$5.81BC$7.19BC$5.66B
Dividend Yield0.60%1.81%3.56%6.84%
P/E Ratio52.4029.9520.9428.66
Price / Sales8.059.8381.76573.41
Price / Cash230.0540.6526.9083.20
Price / Book8.476.883.753.70
Net IncomeC$662.45MC$60.69MC$808.20MC$301.04M
7 Day Performance-0.58%1.65%2.65%0.11%
1 Month Performance-3.54%3.24%1.78%-0.38%
1 Year Performance21.56%16.14%14.29%13.83%

Waste Connections Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCN
Waste Connections
0.566 of 5 stars
C$271.47
-0.3%
C$265.00
-2.4%
+22.0%C$49.35BC$6.13B52.4722,100Analyst Revision
GIB.A
CGI
1.9708 of 5 stars
C$144.33
-1.0%
C$178.31
+23.5%
+4.8%C$29.41BC$14.52B20.1990,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$65.08
-3.0%
N/A+56.6%C$25.11BC$7.88B-42.7119,500
CCO
Cameco
3.3799 of 5 stars
C$54.81
-3.8%
C$83.22
+51.8%
-0.9%C$24.12BC$2.83B207.094,700Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$131.36
-2.6%
N/A+41.0%C$16.97BC$2.06B57.714,200
STN
Stantec
2.1198 of 5 stars
C$119.14
-1.4%
C$140.50
+17.9%
+10.4%C$13.58BC$7.14B39.7631,000
QBR.B
Quebecor
0.7547 of 5 stars
C$36.86
+2.0%
C$38.58
+4.7%
+32.7%C$5.82BC$5.67B11.6310,039
MEG
MEG Energy
3.1711 of 5 stars
C$20.39
-2.6%
C$30.35
+48.8%
-38.2%C$5.29BC$5.39B10.80449Positive News
SJ
Stella-Jones
2.9882 of 5 stars
C$66.58
+0.1%
C$86.60
+30.1%
-15.5%C$3.73BC$3.41B11.63280
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$37.52
+2.5%
N/AN/AC$2.88BC$5.67B11.8410,000News Coverage
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This page (TSE:WCN) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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