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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) vs GFL Environmental Inc. (GFL)

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. and GFL Environmental Inc. are both Waste Management companies. GFL Environmental Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.0B against $5.5B — 3.5× the size. GFL Environmental Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Casella Waste Systems, Inc. trades at 978×. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.6% against −2.93%. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.29% vs −1.75%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.42% vs 2.00%). Across the 21 metrics below, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. leads on 15 and GFL Environmental Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CWST GFL Waste Management median
P/E 977.78 n/m 35.70
P/S 2.86 3.14 3.00
P/B 3.54 2.91 1.49
Price to free cash flow 52.88 81.90 26.09
EV/EBITDA 17.58 16.32 15.78
EV/Sales 3.54 4.57 3.97
Earnings yield 0.10% (1.21%) 0.05%
Free cash flow yield 1.89% 1.22% 1.22%

Profitability

Metric CWST GFL Waste Management median
Gross margin 33.42% 19.96% 31.60%
Operating margin 3.38% 7.99% 0.50%
Net margin 0.29% (1.75%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 5.45% 3.84% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.36% (1.58%) 0.00%
Return on assets 0.17% (0.61%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.42% 2.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CWST GFL Waste Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.59% (2.93%) 5.74%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (47.83%) 573.51% 5.82%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.85% 8.61% 12.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (38.72%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CWST GFL Waste Management median
Debt to equity 0.85 1.34 0.88
Current ratio 0.99 0.75 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 2.76 4.10 2.03

Dividend

Metric CWST GFL Waste Management median
Dividend yield — 0.15% —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric CWST GFL Waste Management median
Market cap 5.50b 18.99b 113.65m

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