WCN vs. GFL, WSP, TRI, RBA, TFII, CP, CNR, SES, STN, and TIH
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include GFL Environmental (GFL), WSP Global (WSP), Thomson Reuters (TRI), RB Global (RBA), TFI International (TFII), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNR), Secure Energy Services (SES), Stantec (STN), and Toromont Industries (TIH). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
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.
79.4% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of GFL Environmental 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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 0.75 beat GFL Environmental's score of -0.84 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Connections has a consensus price target of C$193.10, indicating a potential downside of 15.58%. Given GFL Environmental's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Waste Connections pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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