RSG vs. WCN, MRVL, SPOT, CPRT, NU, TT, PLTR, SQ, PAYX, and FIS
Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Waste Connections (WCN), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Copart (CPRT), NU (NU), Trane Technologies (TT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Block (SQ), Paychex (PAYX), and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Republic Services has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 9.70%. Republic Services' return on equity of 17.56% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Republic Services pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 37.0% 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.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 21 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Republic Services and 12 mentions for Waste Connections. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.06 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Connections received 367 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.18% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
Republic Services presently has a consensus target price of $201.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of $179.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.23%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Republic Services.
Republic Services has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Republic Services has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Republic Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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