LODE vs WM vs GFL Stock Comparison

Comstock, Waste Management and GFL Environmental Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LODE Comstock Inc.
$1.62 -31.4% 1M -45.8% 1Y
Market cap
$123.04M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.01M
Div. yield
–
Solid Waste Industrials
WM Waste Management Inc
$230.86 +11.5% 1M +16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$91.81B
P/E
30.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.07B
Div. yield
1.58%
Solid Waste Industrials
9 wins
GFL GFL Environmental Inc.
$45.02 +6.7% 1M +2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$16.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
0.18%
Solid Waste Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Waste Management leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Waste Management 9, GFL Environmental 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLODEWMGFLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $123.04M $91.81B $16.70B WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.0x 30.0x -74.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 26.7x 72.6x WM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -69.1% +5.2% — WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6,012.3% 11.8% — WM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.4% 9.7% WM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x -0.1x GFL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.58% 0.18% WM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -45.8% +16.9% +2.5% WM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -40.8%/yr +7.6%/yr +1.8%/yr WM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 80.2% 21.3% 29.3% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 54/100 55/100 GFL

Percentile Scorecard

LODEWMGFL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLODEWMGFL
Valuation 7 #15 of 16 47 #9 of 16 87 #3 of 16
Growth 23 #11 of 14 62 #6 of 14 15 #12 of 14
Profitability 8 #13 of 14 100 #1 of 14 39 #9 of 14
Financial Health 86 #3 of 15 7 #14 of 15 79 #4 of 15
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 31 54 55
  • LODE ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • GFL ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLODEWMGFLSPY
1 month -31.4%+11.5%+6.7% +0.7%
3 months -42.3%+2.0%+8.7% +3.7%
6 months -50.6%-0.7%+12.2% +7.1%
Year to date -56.9%+5.1%+4.8% +12.8%
1 year -45.8%+16.9%+2.5% +11.9%
3 years -58.5%+41.8%+56.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year -25.4%+12.4%+16.0% +22.8%
5 years -92.7%+44.1%+9.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year -40.8%+7.6%+1.8% +10.9%
10 years -97.2%+260.8%— +262.0%
10 years, per year -30.0%+13.7%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLODEWMGFLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 80.2%21.3%29.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 81.9%20.3%28.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.11-0.430.24 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.570.790.09 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.1%-18.7%-42.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -66.0%-6.3%-3.2% -1.2%
52-week high $4.77$246.51$46.51 $779.14
52-week low $1.62$196.77$33.54 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLODEWMGFL
P/E now vs peer median -2.0xmedian 30.9x 30.0xmedian 30.9x -74.2xmedian 30.9x
P/S now vs peer median 121.3xmedian 3.2x 3.5xmedian 3.2x 2.3xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -1.6xmedian 14.0x 14.8xmedian 14.0x 5.1xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.1xmedian 17.3x 24.5xmedian 17.3x 5.8xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.8x 9.3xmedian 2.8x 1.4xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median -0.09median 2.44 2.86median 2.44 1.05median 2.44

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLODEWMGFL
Revenue $1.01M $26.07B –
Gross profit -$1.68M $10.53B –
Operating income -$59.32M $4.80B $1.72B
Net income -$61.13M $3.07B -$385.60M
Free cash flow -$39.16M $3.74B $2.88B
R&D $11.28M – –
EPS (diluted) $-1.66 $7.68 $-0.59
Cash & equivalents $31.41M $247.00M $296.50M
Total debt – $23.37B $14.20M
Shares (diluted) 36.71M 399.80M 378.69M
Enterprise value -$6.67M $90.65B $14.89B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLODEWMGFL
P/E -2.0x 30.0x -74.2x
P/FCF -3.1x 24.5x 5.8x
P/Operating cash flow -4.0x 14.0x 9.7x
P/S 121.3x 3.5x 2.3x
P/B 0.9x 9.3x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 14.5x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA -1.6x 14.8x 5.1x
EV/EBIT -1.5x 23.9x 9.5x
EV/Revenue 90.3x 4.4x –
EV/FCF -2.3x 30.7x 5.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.0x 17.5x 9.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.09 2.86 1.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLODEWMGFL
Revenue growth (1Y) -69.1% 5.2% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 95.1% 9.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -248.9% -21.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -34.3% 17.9% -0.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -43.3% 10.5% -7.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -11.6% 19.7% -110.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -17.9% 10.0% -45.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 49.5% 21.1% -106.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.0% 10.5% -70.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -70.7% 12.1% 25.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -40.2% 14.4% -1.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -105.4% 55.7% 11.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.3% 30.8% 0.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLODEWMGFL
Gross margin -165.6% 40.4% –
EBITDA margin -5,651% 29.8% –
Operating margin -5,846% 18.4% –
Pretax margin -5,767% 14.9% –
Net margin -6,012% 11.8% –
FCF margin -3,860% 14.3% –
Operating cash flow margin -3,009% 25.2% –
Return on equity -40.7% 31.0% -4.0%
Return on assets -29.7% 6.6% -1.5%
Return on invested capital – 11.4% 9.7%
Return on capital employed -31.6% 12.0% 7.6%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.6x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 2.1x -4.4x
Stock comp / revenue 63.9% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLODEWMGFL
Debt / assets – 50.2% 0.0%
Debt / equity – 2.4x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x -0.1x
Debt / FCF – 6.2x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 27.3% 78.8% 59.0%
Equity / assets 72.7% 21.2% 41.0%
Interest coverage -68.6x – 2.8x
Current ratio 3.2x 0.8x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 1.7x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score -2.35 2.93 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLODEWMGFL
Dividend yield – 1.6% 0.2%
Net buyback yield -79.4% 1.7% –
Shareholder yield -79.4% 3.3% 0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 48.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 39.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 13.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 9.6% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLODEWMGFL
Forward P/E – 26.7xFY2026 72.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.62FY2026 $8.65FY2026 $0.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +15.3%FY2026 +12.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +9.5% +27.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.79MFY2026 $25.84BFY2026 $6.10BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +208.8%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +26.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +827.1% +12.0% +22.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLODEWMGFL
Held by institutions 57.0% 82.3% 74.8%
Institutions holding 107 2,350 323
Change in shares held, QoQ +21.1% +0.8% +10.3%
Institutions buying 67 1,096 185
Institutions selling 22 901 101
Buyers to sellers 3.05 1.22 1.83

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LODEWMGFL
LODE 1.00 -0.03 -0.02
WM -0.03 1.00 0.43
GFL -0.02 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LODE, WM and GFL?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Comstock (LODE) $123.04M, Waste Management (WM) $91.81B, GFL Environmental (GFL) $16.70B.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Management (WM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Comstock (LODE) -69.1%, Waste Management (WM) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Waste Management (WM) has the highest net margin (Comstock (LODE) -6,012.3%, Waste Management (WM) 11.8%). On return on invested capital, Waste Management (WM) leads (Waste Management (WM) 11.4%, GFL Environmental (GFL) 9.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Waste Management (WM) returned the most: Comstock (LODE) -45.8%, Waste Management (WM) +16.9%, GFL Environmental (GFL) +2.5%. Over five years, Waste Management (WM) compounded fastest (Comstock (LODE) -40.8%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +7.6%/yr, GFL Environmental (GFL) +1.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Waste Management (WM) has the highest dividend yield: Waste Management (WM) 1.58%, GFL Environmental (GFL) 0.18%. Comstock (LODE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Comstock (LODE) 80.2%, Waste Management (WM) 21.3%, GFL Environmental (GFL) 29.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LODE, WM and GFL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Waste Management (WM) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.