Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK – Get Rating) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Vivakor and GFL Environmental's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
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| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
| Vivakor | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| GFL Environmental | -3.80% | 3.77% | 1.19% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Vivakor and GFL Environmental's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
| Vivakor | $1.09 million | 18.56 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| GFL Environmental | $4.41 billion | 1.94 | -$484.17 million | ($0.65) | -38.91 |
Vivakor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GFL Environmental.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Vivakor and GFL Environmental, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
| Vivakor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| GFL Environmental | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.00 |
GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 89.80%. Given GFL Environmental's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than Vivakor.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
17.4% of Vivakor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
GFL Environmental beats Vivakor on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vivakor
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Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops clean energy technologies and environmental solutions primarily focused on soil remediation in the United States and Kuwait. It specializes in the remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Lehi, Utah.
About GFL Environmental
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GFL Environmental Inc. operates as a diversified environmental services company in Canada and the United States. The company offers non-hazardous solid waste management, infrastructure and soil remediation, and liquid waste management services. Its solid waste management business line includes the collection, transportation, transfer, recycling, and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste for municipal, residential, and commercial and industrial customers. The company's infrastructure and soil remediation business line provides remediation of contaminated soils, as well as complementary services, including civil, demolition, and excavation and shoring services. Its liquid waste management business collects, manages, transports, processes, and disposes of a range of industrial and commercial liquid wastes, as well as resells liquid waste products. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Vaughan, Canada.
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