Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Competitors

Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ROL or CWST?

51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Rollins shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ROL or CWST?

Rollins currently has a consensus price target of $55.57, indicating a potential downside of 3.05%. Casella Waste Systems has a consensus price target of $122.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Rollins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Casella Waste Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ROL or CWST?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rollins	$3.46B	8.02	$466.38M	$0.99	57.90
Casella Waste Systems	$1.63B	4.51	$13.54M	$0.22	528.14

Does the media refer more to ROL or CWST?

In the previous week, Rollins had 19 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Rollins and 13 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 0.71 indicating that Rollins is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rollins	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Casella Waste Systems	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ROL or CWST?

Casella Waste Systems received 48 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.31% of users gave Casella Waste Systems an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rollins	Outperform Votes 334 61.28%	Underperform Votes 211 38.72%
Casella Waste Systems	Outperform Votes 382 64.31%	Underperform Votes 212 35.69%

Is ROL or CWST more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.87%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.94% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rollins	13.76%	37.94%	17.33%
Casella Waste Systems	0.87%	4.15%	1.88%

Which has more volatility and risk, ROL or CWST?

Rollins has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rollins beats Casella Waste Systems on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.