Comparing Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) & Questor Technology (OTCMKTS:QUTIF)

Questor Technology (OTCMKTS:QUTIF) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Questor Technology and Waste Connections”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Questor Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.14	1.20
Waste Connections	$9.47 billion	4.39	$1.08 billion	$4.15	39.83

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Questor Technology. Questor Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.7% of Questor Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Questor Technology and Waste Connections’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Questor Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Waste Connections	10.86%	17.31%	6.62%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Questor Technology and Waste Connections, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Questor Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Waste Connections	0	4	14	2	2.90

Waste Connections has a consensus target price of $200.89, suggesting a potential upside of 21.55%. Given Waste Connections’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Questor Technology.

Summary

Waste Connections beats Questor Technology on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Questor Technology

Questor Technology Inc., an environmental emissions reduction technology company, designs, manufactures, and services clean combustion systems in Canada and the United States. Its technology enables its customers to meet emission regulations, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address community concerns, and enhance safety at industrial sites. The company offers its solutions for various oil and gas projects, as well as for landfill biogas, syngas, waste engine exhaust, geothermal and solar, and cement plant waste heat. It also provides equipment rental services. The company was formerly known as Interglobe Gas Technology Inc. and changed its name to Questor Technology Inc. in September 1995. Questor Technology Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Waste Connections

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.