GFL Environmental vs Waste Management
GFL and WM side by side, both in electric, gas, and sanitary services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GFL and WM compare
GFL Environmental keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 58.0% compared with 11.1% at Waste Management.
Waste Management pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; GFL Environmental does not pay one.
Waste Management scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 6 for GFL Environmental), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GFL | WM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $93.3B |
| Share price | $45.21 | $233.45 |
| Change, 1 year | 3.0% | 18.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 14.3% | 46.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.80 | 0.29 |
| Employees | 15K | 61K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 33.1× |
| P/S | – | 3.6× |
| P/B | – | 9.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 15.4× |
| P/FCF | – | 26.1× |
| PEG | – | 4.40 |
| FCF yield | – | 3.8% |
| Fair value | – | $189.16 |
| Margin of safety | – | −23.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.8% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.5% | 10.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 13.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.7% | 40.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 17.6% |
| Net margin | 58.0% (better) | 11.1% |
| FCF margin | – | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 53.7% (better) | 29.8% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 10.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.02 (better) | 2.35 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 3.03 |
| Current ratio | 0.58 | 0.91 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 2.93 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.6% |
| Payout ratio | 0.81% | 50.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 8.6% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 1.6% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 74.6% | 83.3% |
| Held by insiders | 20.7% | 0.23% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$23.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- GFL stock overview
- GFL income statement
- GFL valuation and score
- WM stock overview
- WM income statement
- WM valuation and score
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