GFL Environmental (GFL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2024)
GFL Environmental (GFL) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of -3.97% for Q3 2026, down 49.30 percentage points from 45.34% a year earlier and down 0.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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GFL Environmental (GFL) Return on Equity [ROE] (2024) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, GFL Environmental's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 51.99%, up 62.15 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +79.15 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, GFL Environmental's Return on Equity [ROE] was -10.15% in FY2024 (-10.63 pp), 0.48% in FY2023 (+5.80 pp), -5.32% in FY2022 (+5.56 pp) and -10.88% in FY2021 (+16.28 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.56 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q4 2025, with a gain of 69.24 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2026, with a drop of 49.30 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was -3.56% (Q2 2026), 2.40% (Q1 2026) and 56.98% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 94.39 Bn | 93.32 Bn | 2.75 Bn | 29.13% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.41 Bn | 75.02 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 18.36% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.83 Bn | 47.48 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 14.34% |
| 4 | GFL Environmental | 15.73 Bn | 15.73 Bn | 304.74 Mn | - |
| 5 | Clean Harbors | 15.30 Bn | 12.64 Bn | 661.44 Mn | 17.48% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.92 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 184.65 Mn | -0.72% |
| 7 | Onterris | 832.01 Mn | 777.91 Mn | 88.27 Mn | -2.38% |
| 8 | Enviri | 710.17 Mn | 67.28 Mn | -162.22 Mn | -61.23% |
| 9 | Oio | 619.48 Mn | 617.91 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 328.26 Mn | 221.00 Mn | 552,000.00 | -24,293.12% |
API Access
GFL Environmental Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GFL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "GFL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GFL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();