WCN vs. GFL, SES, TEV, AXR, BQE, YES, VTX, CMC, BLM, and CLI
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include GFL Environmental (GFL), Secure Energy Services (SES), Tervita (TEV), Alexco Resource (AXR), BQE Water (BQE), CHAR Technologies (YES), Vertex Resource Group (VTX), Cielo Waste Solutions (CMC), BluMetric Environmental (BLM), and Clearford Water Systems (CLI). These companies are all part of the "waste management" industry.
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and GFL Environmental (TSE:GFL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 1 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Waste Connections and 1 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.59 indicating that GFL Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% 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 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus price target of C$193.10, suggesting a potential downside of 13.73%. Given Waste Connections' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than GFL Environmental.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 9.70% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of 1.22%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 10.57% beat GFL Environmental's return on equity.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than GFL Environmental.
88.9% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of GFL Environmental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Waste Connections beats GFL Environmental on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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