GFL Environmental (GFL) & The Competition Head to Head Review

GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) is one of 39 publicly-traded companies in the “Waste Removal Svcs” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare GFL Environmental to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for GFL Environmental and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GFL Environmental	0	2	8	2	3.00
GFL Environmental Competitors	323	1117	1894	130	2.53

GFL Environmental presently has a consensus target price of $54.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.64%. As a group, “Waste Removal Svcs” companies have a potential upside of 11.74%. Given GFL Environmental’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GFL Environmental has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GFL Environmental and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GFL Environmental	$5.62 billion	-$527.43 million	10.19
GFL Environmental Competitors	$3.26 billion	$263.08 million	30.84

GFL Environmental has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. GFL Environmental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares GFL Environmental and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GFL Environmental	36.01%	3.93%	1.43%
GFL Environmental Competitors	-97.71%	-458.29%	-3.74%

Dividends

GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. GFL Environmental pays out 1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Waste Removal Svcs” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.1% and pay out 50.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Risk & Volatility

GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental’s rivals have a beta of 0.62, indicating that their average share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of shares of all “Waste Removal Svcs” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of shares of all “Waste Removal Svcs” companies 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.

Summary

GFL Environmental beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

GFL Environmental Company Profile

GFL Environmental Inc. offers non-hazardous solid waste management and environmental services in Canada and the United States. It offers solid waste management, liquid waste management, and soil remediation services, including collection, transportation, transfer, recycling, and disposal services for municipal, residential, and commercial, and industrial customers. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vaughan, Canada.