Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) versus GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) Head to Head Contrast

Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Enviri and GFL Environmental”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enviri	$2.34 billion	0.30	-$127.97 million	($1.54)	-5.70
GFL Environmental	$5.62 billion	3.24	-$527.43 million	$4.88	10.19

Enviri has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental. Enviri is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GFL Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Enviri and GFL Environmental, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enviri	0	1	0	0	2.00
GFL Environmental	0	2	8	2	3.00

Enviri currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.83%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $54.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Enviri’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Enviri is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Volatility & Risk

Enviri has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Enviri and GFL Environmental’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enviri	-5.39%	-3.43%	-0.61%
GFL Environmental	36.01%	3.93%	1.43%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.4% of Enviri shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Enviri shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

GFL Environmental beats Enviri on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enviri

Enviri Corporation provides environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Clean Earth. The Harsco Environmental segment offers on-site services under long-term contracts for material logistics, product quality improvement, and resource recovery for iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; manufactures and sells industrial abrasives, roofing granules, aluminum dross, and scrap processing systems; and meltshop and furnace services, such as under-vessel cleaning, removal of ladle slag, and general melt shop debris. This segment also produces and sells value-added downstream products from industrial waste-stream, including road surfacing and materials, such as slag-based asphalt product under the SteelPhal brand; abrasives and roofing materials under the BLACK BEAUTY and SURE/CUT brand names; Metallurgical Additives; agriculture and turf products comprising soil conditioners and fertilizers under the CrossOver and AgrowSil brands; and cement additives. The Clean Earth segment provides specialty waste processing, treatment, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for waste needs, such as hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated soils and dredged materials to industrial, retail, healthcare, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as Harsco Corporation and changed its name to Enviri Corporation in June 2023. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About GFL Environmental

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. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vaughan, Canada.