Waste Management (NYSE:WM – Get Free Report) and GD Culture Group (NASDAQ:GDC – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Waste Management and GD Culture Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Waste Management | $22.06 billion | 4.17 | $2.75 billion | $6.63 | 34.52 |
GD Culture Group | N/A | N/A | -$13.84 million | ($1.03) | -3.08 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Waste Management and GD Culture Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Waste Management | 0 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2.78 |
GD Culture Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Waste Management presently has a consensus target price of $250.53, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Waste Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than GD Culture Group.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of GD Culture Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of GD Culture Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Waste Management and GD Culture Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Waste Management | 11.67% | 35.67% | 7.31% |
GD Culture Group | N/A | -483.18% | -232.75% |
Volatility & Risk
Waste Management has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GD Culture Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waste Management beats GD Culture Group on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Waste Management
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About GD Culture Group
GD Culture Group Limited operates as an integrated marketing service agency. The company focuses on enterprise brand management, crisis public relations, intelligent public opinion monitoring, media PR, financial and economic we-media operation, digital face application, exhibition services, and other businesses. It also publishes books in corporate history, finance, and economics, as well as plans and organizes online and offline activities, such as new book launches and book sharing sessions to promote new books and build influence and reputation for the corporate clients. The company was formerly known as Code Chain New Continent Limited and changed its name to GD Culture Group Limited in January 2023. GD Culture Group Limited is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
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