GFL vs. WCN, TFII, RBA, STN, TIH, CAE, EFN, WSP, AC, and BBD.B
Should you be buying GFL Environmental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GFL Environmental include Waste Connections (WCN), TFI International (TFII), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), Toromont Industries (TIH), CAE (CAE), Element Fleet Management (EFN), WSP Global (WSP), Air Canada (AC), and Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
89.0% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than GFL Environmental.
In the previous week, GFL Environmental had 8 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for GFL Environmental and 1 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat GFL Environmental's score of -0.84 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Waste Connections pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Waste Connections received 242 more outperform votes than GFL Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 69.27% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 9.70% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 1.22%. GFL Environmental's return on equity of 10.57% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of C$193.10, indicating a potential downside of 15.01%. Given GFL Environmental's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
Summary
Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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