Head to Head Review: GFL Environmental (GFL) vs. Its Rivals

GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) is one of 354 publicly-traded companies in the “Commercial Services & Supplies” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare GFL Environmental to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for GFL Environmental and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GFL Environmental	2	3	11	0	2.56
GFL Environmental Competitors	1899	6238	9019	662	2.47

GFL Environmental currently has a consensus target price of $57.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.76%. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 10.04%. Given GFL Environmental’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

GFL Environmental has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental’s rivals have a beta of 2.42, suggesting that their average stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GFL Environmental and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GFL Environmental	$4.73 billion	$2.74 billion	-57.98
GFL Environmental Competitors	$2.46 billion	$140.58 million	14.39

GFL Environmental has higher revenue and 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.

Dividends

GFL Environmental pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. GFL Environmental pays out -8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Commercial Services & Supplies” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.5% and pay out 67.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. GFL Environmental has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

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	-4.93%	4.39%	1.60%
GFL Environmental Competitors	-67.39%	-119.20%	-1.35%

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.