JBDI (NASDAQ:JBDI) vs. GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) Head-To-Head Comparison

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBDI	1	0	0	0	1.00
GFL Environmental	0	2	12	2	3.00

GFL Environmental has a consensus price target of $57.08, suggesting a potential upside of 32.41%. Given GFL Environmental’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than JBDI.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Risk and Volatility

JBDI has a beta of -1.84, meaning that its stock price is 284% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GFL Environmental has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JBDI	N/A	N/A	N/A
GFL Environmental	50.99%	3.06%	1.21%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares JBDI and GFL Environmental”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JBDI	$8.44 million	2.10	-$2.72 million	N/A	N/A
GFL Environmental	$5.62 billion	2.79	-$527.43 million	$6.38	6.76

JBDI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental.

Summary

GFL Environmental beats JBDI on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JBDI

JBDI Holdings Limited engages in the trading of reconditioned and recycling containers in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region. The company offers reconditioning and recycling drums, including open top drums, metal drums, plastic drums, plastic carboys, and intermediate bulk containers, as well as new drums, and collects waste drums and related products. It serves solvent, chemical, petroleum, and edible product oil industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Singapore. JBDI Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of E U Holdings Pte. Ltd.

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.