Stifel slashes price target on GFL Environmental Inc [GFL] – find out why.

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GFL Environmental Inc [NYSE: GFL] plunged by -$0.27 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $48.35.

GFL Environmental Inc stock has also gained 0.71% of its value over the past 7 days. However, GFL stock has inclined by 7.73% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 21.94% and gained 8.55% year-on date.

The market cap for GFL stock reached $19.02 billion, with 381.57 million shares outstanding and 257.81 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.80M shares, GFL reached a trading volume of 5582157 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about GFL Environmental Inc [GFL]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GFL shares is $50.85 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GFL stock is a recommendation set at 1.58. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Stifel have made an estimate for GFL Environmental Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on February 25, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Citigroup raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on January 27, 2025, representing the official price target for GFL Environmental Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $50, while Scotiabank analysts kept a Sector Outperform rating on GFL stock. On July 09, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for GFL shares from 43 to 42.

The Average True Range (ATR) for GFL Environmental Inc is set at 1.31, with the Price to Sales ratio for GFL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.31. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.92, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.24. Price to Free Cash Flow for GFL in the course of the last twelve months was 79.90 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.50.

GFL stock trade performance evaluation

GFL Environmental Inc [GFL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.71. With this latest performance, GFL shares gained by 9.94% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 21.94% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 36.70% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GFL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 62.44, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 65.72, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 60.37 for GFL Environmental Inc [GFL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 45.30, while it was recorded at 48.20 for the last single week of trading, and 42.44 for the last 200 days.

GFL Environmental Inc [GFL]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

GFL Environmental Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.50 and a Current Ratio set at 0.54.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for GFL Environmental Inc [GFL] stock

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GFL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for GFL Environmental Inc go to 32.62%.

GFL Environmental Inc [GFL]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $80.62%, or 83.09%% of GFL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GFL stocks are: BC PARTNERS ADVISORS L.P. with ownership of 43.56 million shares, which is approximately 11.5655%. ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD, holding 35.36 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.38 billion in GFL stocks shares; and ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD, currently with $$912.5 million in GFL stock with ownership which is approximately 6.2215%.