WCN vs. CCO, GIB.A, RBA, GFL, STN, QBR.A, QBR.B, 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), CGI (GIB.A), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
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 0.2%. 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 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.
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.
61.7% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus target price of C$265.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.85%. Cameco has a consensus target price of C$109.69, indicating a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Cameco.
In the previous week, Cameco had 8 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cameco and 1 mentions for Waste Connections. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.00 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.382561, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.130125, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Cameco on 13 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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This page (TSE:WCN) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
