The stock price of GFL Environmental Inc (NYSE: GFL) has surged by 0.99 when compared to previous closing price of 46.30, but the company has seen a 1.02% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2025-03-18 that THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ITALY, DENMARK, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, OR TO ANY NATIONAL OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS
Is It Worth Investing in GFL Environmental Inc (NYSE: GFL) Right Now?
Moreover, the 36-month beta value for GFL is 1.12. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 9 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for GFL is 257.81M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.79% of that float. On March 19, 2025, GFL’s average trading volume was 1.81M shares.
GFL’s Market Performance
GFL stock saw an increase of 1.02% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 0.45% and a quarterly increase of 3.11%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.62%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.32% for GFL Environmental Inc (GFL). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 1.79% for GFL’s stock, with a 11.20% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GFL
Citigroup, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GFL reach a price target of $53. The rating they have provided for GFL stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on January 27th, 2025.
Scotiabank gave a rating of “Sector Outperform” to GFL, setting the target price at $50 in the report published on October 04th of the previous year.
GFL Trading at 4.31% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GFL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.32% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.32%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.62%, as shares surge +1.17% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +4.80% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GFL rose by +1.02%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +52.76% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $45.94. In addition, GFL Environmental Inc saw 4.98% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GFL starting from Patrick Dovigi, who proposed sale 600,000 shares at the price of $40.61 back on Sep 06 ’24. After this action, Patrick Dovigi now owns shares of GFL Environmental Inc, valued at $24,366,000 using the latest closing price.
Patrick Dovigi, the Director of GFL Environmental Inc, proposed sale 600,000 shares at $39.86 during a trade that took place back on Aug 08 ’24, which means that Patrick Dovigi is holding shares at $23,916,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GFL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.19 for the gross margin
The net margin for GFL Environmental Inc stands at -0.09. Equity return is now at value -10.23, with -3.39 for asset returns.
Based on GFL Environmental Inc (GFL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.6 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.15.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.2 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 8.71. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.57. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.23for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.54.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of GFL Environmental Inc (GFL) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
