WCN vs. CCO, GFL, GIB.A, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Cameco (CCO), GFL Environmental (GFL), 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.
Waste Connections vs. Its Competitors
Cameco (TSE:CCO) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
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.
76.1% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 4 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Waste Connections and 2 mentions for Cameco. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of -0.70 beat Cameco's score of -0.88 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cameco pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cameco presently has a consensus target price of C$106.31, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of C$265.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Cameco.
Cameco has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Cameco on 15 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:WCN) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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