ABM Industries (ABM) Competitors

ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) and Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ABM or CLH?

Clean Harbors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ABM Industries. Clean Harbors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ABM Industries, 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
ABM Industries	$8.40B	0.35	$81.40M	$1.26	38.03
Clean Harbors	$5.95B	2.02	$377.86M	$7.22	31.05

Is ABM or CLH more profitable?

Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.83% compared to ABM Industries' net margin of 0.97%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 16.33% beat ABM Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ABM Industries	0.97%	12.48%	4.54%
Clean Harbors	6.83%	16.33%	5.60%

Do analysts recommend ABM or CLH?

ABM Industries presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.79%. Clean Harbors has a consensus target price of $257.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.95%. Given Clean Harbors' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clean Harbors is more favorable than ABM Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABM Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ABM or CLH?

Clean Harbors received 273 more outperform votes than ABM Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.01% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave ABM Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABM Industries	Outperform Votes 324 59.67%	Underperform Votes 219 40.33%
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 597 72.01%	Underperform Votes 232 27.99%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ABM or CLH?

91.6% of ABM Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of ABM Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ABM or CLH?

In the previous week, ABM Industries had 21 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for ABM Industries and 16 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat ABM Industries' score of 0.25 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ABM Industries	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clean Harbors	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ABM or CLH?

ABM Industries has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats ABM Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.