Atb Cap Markets Issues Negative Outlook for GFL Earnings

GFL Environmental Inc. (NYSE:GFL) – Investment analysts at Atb Cap Markets reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for GFL Environmental in a research note issued on Monday, April 14th. Atb Cap Markets analyst C. Murray now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.06) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.12. The consensus estimate for GFL Environmental’s current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. Atb Cap Markets also issued estimates for GFL Environmental’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.29 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.36 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS.

Several other research firms have also weighed in on GFL. Raymond James set a $56.00 target price on GFL Environmental and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of GFL Environmental from $56.00 to $53.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of GFL Environmental from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded GFL Environmental from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Finally, National Bankshares reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of GFL Environmental in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $52.00.

GFL Environmental Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE GFL opened at $48.49 on Thursday. GFL Environmental has a fifty-two week low of $30.57 and a fifty-two week high of $49.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -36.46 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 0.58 and a quick ratio of 0.58. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $46.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.69.

GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 24th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.03. GFL Environmental had a negative net margin of 7.54% and a positive return on equity of 3.50%. The company had revenue of $1.42 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.98 billion.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new position in GFL Environmental in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $126,420,000. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in shares of GFL Environmental by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 26,973,784 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,201,406,000 after buying an additional 2,751,618 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in GFL Environmental by 10.0% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 27,664,678 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,233,223,000 after acquiring an additional 2,506,021 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP acquired a new position in GFL Environmental during the fourth quarter worth about $93,343,000. Finally, Cohen & Steers Inc. bought a new position in shares of GFL Environmental in the fourth quarter worth about $51,505,000. Institutional investors own 64.70% of the company’s stock.

GFL Environmental Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 14th will be given a dividend of $0.0154 per share. This represents a $0.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.13%. This is an increase from GFL Environmental’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. GFL Environmental’s dividend payout ratio is presently -3.87%.

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.