Reviewing Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Triton Emission Solutions (OTCMKTS:DSOX)

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Triton Emission Solutions (OTCMKTS:DSOX) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Waste Connections and Triton Emission Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waste Connections	$9.76 billion	4.24	$1.08 billion	$4.15	39.63
Triton Emission Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Triton Emission Solutions.

Profitability

This table compares Waste Connections and Triton Emission Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	10.86%	17.31%	6.62%
Triton Emission Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Waste Connections and Triton Emission Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	0	4	14	2	2.90
Triton Emission Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00

Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $200.89, indicating a potential upside of 22.16%. Given Waste Connections’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Triton Emission Solutions.

Summary

Waste Connections beats Triton Emission Solutions on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Waste Connections

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

About Triton Emission Solutions

Triton Emission Solutions, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of emission abatement technologies for the marine industry. Its products include Njord Exhaust Gas Scrubber System, which cleans the exhaust gases from excess sulfur following the internal combustion process within a ships’ engine and DSOX Fuel Purification System, a pre-combustion desulfurization technology designed to remove alkali metals, such as sulfur and sodium, from heavy marine fuel and Bio Scrubber Technology, is a patented system designed to significantly reduce the maintenance cost and premature failure of gas turbine engines by removing alkali metals that are usually present in fuel. The company was founded on March 2, 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.