Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Competitors

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CWST or RSG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casella Waste Systems	$1.56B	3.94	$13.54M	$0.18	536.94
Republic Services	$16.03B	4.54	$2.04B	$6.76	34.46

Is CWST or RSG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casella Waste Systems	0.64%	4.97%	2.40%
Republic Services	12.97%	18.27%	6.48%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CWST or RSG?

99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems 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.

Do analysts recommend CWST or RSG?

Casella Waste Systems currently has a consensus price target of $123.17, suggesting a potential upside of 27.44%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $262.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.55%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casella Waste Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Republic Services	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more risk and volatility, CWST or RSG?

Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CWST or RSG?

In the previous week, Republic Services had 21 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Republic Services and 5 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 0.90 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casella Waste Systems	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Republic Services	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Republic Services beats Casella Waste Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.