Critical Survey: JBDI (NASDAQ:JBDI) vs. GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for JBDI and GFL Environmental, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 target price of $57.08, indicating a potential upside of 32.06%. Given GFL Environmental’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than JBDI.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JBDI	$8.44 million	1.94	-$2.72 million	N/A	N/A
GFL Environmental	$5.62 billion	2.76	-$527.43 million	$6.38	6.78

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

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.