GFL Environmental Inc. (GFL) vs Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI)

GFL Environmental Inc. and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. are both Waste Management companies. GFL Environmental Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.0B against $282.0M — 67.3× the size. GFL Environmental Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −2.93% against −4.73%. GFL Environmental Inc. has the higher net margin (−1.75% vs −37.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.00% vs −29.0%). Across the 18 metrics below, GFL Environmental Inc. leads on 14 and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric GFL PESI Waste Management median
P/E n/m n/m 35.70
P/S 3.14 4.27 3.00
P/B 2.91 4.19 1.49
Price to free cash flow 81.90 n/m 26.09
EV/EBITDA 16.32 n/m 15.78
EV/Sales 4.57 3.97 3.97
Earnings yield (1.21%) (9.18%) 0.05%
Free cash flow yield 1.22% (9.05%) 1.22%

Profitability

Metric GFL PESI Waste Management median
Gross margin 19.96% (2.82%) 31.60%
Operating margin 7.99% (33.39%) 0.50%
Net margin (1.75%) (37.04%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 3.84% (38.64%) 0.00%
Return on equity (1.58%) (36.79%) 0.00%
Return on assets (0.61%) (22.06%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 2.00% (28.99%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric GFL PESI Waste Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.93%) (4.73%) 5.74%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 573.51% 43.61% 5.82%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.61% (10.17%) 12.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GFL PESI Waste Management median
Debt to equity 1.34 0.06 0.88
Current ratio 0.75 1.67 1.32
Net debt to EBITDA 4.10 0.94 2.03

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GFL PESI Waste Management median
Market cap 18.99b 281.99m 113.65m

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