CDT Environmental Technology Investment (NASDAQ:CDTG) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) Head-To-Head Review

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and CDT Environmental Technology Investment (NASDAQ:CDTG) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections 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.

Risk and Volatility

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDT Environmental Technology Investment has a beta of -4.35, meaning that its stock price is 535% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Waste Connections and CDT Environmental Technology Investment, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	1	3	16	5	3.00
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	1	0	0	0	1.00

Waste Connections presently has a consensus price target of $208.37, suggesting a potential upside of 17.42%. Given Waste Connections’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than CDT Environmental Technology Investment.

Profitability

This table compares Waste Connections and CDT Environmental Technology Investment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	6.65%	16.07%	6.37%
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Waste Connections and CDT Environmental Technology Investment”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waste Connections	$8.92 billion	5.09	$617.57 million	$2.40	73.94
CDT Environmental Technology Investment	$29.77 million	0.16	$1.45 million	N/A	N/A

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than CDT Environmental Technology Investment.

Summary

Waste Connections beats CDT Environmental Technology Investment on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Waste Connections

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

About CDT Environmental Technology Investment

CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited designs, develops, manufactures, sells, installs, operates, and maintains sewage treatment systems in China. The company sells complete sewage treatment systems; constructs rural sewage treatment plants; installs systems; and provides on-going operation and maintenance services for systems and plants in China for municipalities and enterprise clients. It provides sewage treatment services, such as on-site or in-situ septic tank treatment services in the urban and rural areas for municipalities, and residential and business property management companies. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Shenzhen, China.