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

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Questor Technology and Waste Connections”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	4.36	$1.08 billion	$4.15	39.55

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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Questor Technology and Waste Connections, as provided 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 price target of $200.89, suggesting a potential upside of 22.40%. Given Waste Connections’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Questor Technology.

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%

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.