ESGL Holdings Limited (OIO) vs Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)

ESGL Holdings Limited and Waste Connections, Inc. are both Waste Management companies. Waste Connections, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $48.0B against $633.4M — 75.7× the size. ESGL Holdings Limited has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Waste Connections, Inc. trades at 42.7×. Waste Connections, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.4% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.37% vs 0.00%). Across the 13 metrics below, Waste Connections, Inc. leads on 10 and ESGL Holdings Limited on 3.

Valuation

Metric OIO WCN Waste Management median
P/E n/m 42.72 29.71
P/S n/m 4.83 3.28
P/B 0.09 6.09 1.22
Price to free cash flow n/m 40.51 28.87
EV/EBITDA n/m 18.69 17.07
EV/Sales n/m 5.77 4.15
Earnings yield (55.58%) 2.34% (0.73%)
Free cash flow yield (204.12%) 2.47% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric OIO WCN Waste Management median
Gross margin — 42.62% 20.46%
Operating margin 0.00% 17.74% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 11.40% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 11.91% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 14.19% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% 5.36% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 6.37% 0.00%

Growth

Metric OIO WCN Waste Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 6.30% 6.30%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (466.67%) 74.48% 2.78%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 11.69% 11.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 39.38% 0.00%

Health

Metric OIO WCN Waste Management median
Debt to equity 0.29 1.21 0.44
Current ratio 0.18 0.67 1.31
Net debt to EBITDA (2.17) 3.00 2.03

Dividend

Metric OIO WCN Waste Management median
Dividend yield — 0.75% 0.89%
Payout ratio — 0.32 —

Size

Metric OIO WCN Waste Management median
Market cap 633.40m 47.95b 193.50m

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