RSG vs. WM, SPOT, NU, MRVL, CPRT, PLTR, PAYX, SQ, FIS, and TT
Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Waste Management (WM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), NU (NU), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Copart (CPRT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and Trane Technologies (TT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Waste Management received 98 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.90% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 4 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Republic Services and 18 mentions for Waste Management. Waste Management's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Republic Services' score of 0.41 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Services. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Management presently has a consensus target price of $217.61, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $201.14, indicating a potential upside of 9.04%. Given Waste Management's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.
Waste Management has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 11.81%. Republic Services' return on equity of 38.61% beat Waste Management's return on equity.
Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Management pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Waste Management has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Republic Services has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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