Waste Connections (WCN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CCO or WCN?

Cameco presently has a consensus price target of C$113.46, suggesting a potential downside of 6.51%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of C$260.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Cameco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.71

Which has more risk and volatility, CCO or WCN?

Cameco has a beta of 1.120358, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.388195, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCO or WCN a better dividend stock?

Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cameco pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 49.6% 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.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CCO or WCN?

47.0% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCO or WCN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	C$3.57B	14.80	C$117.81M	C$1.22	99.47
Waste Connections	C$9.23B	6.75	C$662.45M	C$2.48	97.56

Is CCO or WCN more profitable?

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
Cameco	4.17%	1.89%	2.38%
Waste Connections	10.81%	11.86%	5.00%

Does the media favor CCO or WCN?

In the previous week, Cameco had 6 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cameco and 4 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Cameco's score of 0.12 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cameco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Waste Connections	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Waste Connections beats Cameco on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.