CWST vs. RSG, WCN, CLH, TTEK, ABM, TISI, WM, ROL, VLTO, and GFL
Should you be buying Casella Waste Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Casella Waste Systems include Republic Services (RSG), Waste Connections (WCN), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Waste Management (WM), Rollins (ROL), Veralto (VLTO), and GFL Environmental (GFL).
Casella Waste Systems vs. Its Competitors
Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Republic Services has a net margin of 12.97% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.64%. Republic Services' return on equity of 18.27% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.
Republic Services currently has a consensus target price of $262.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.34%. Casella Waste Systems has a consensus target price of $123.17, indicating a potential upside of 23.60%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Republic Services.
Republic Services has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Republic Services has higher revenue and earnings than Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services 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.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 23 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Republic Services and 11 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of -0.04 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Republic Services beats Casella Waste Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CWST) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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