ABM Industries (ABM) Competitors

ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) and Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) are both construction 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ABM or CLH?

Clean Harbors received 276 more outperform votes than ABM Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.01% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave ABM Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABM Industries	Outperform Votes 321 59.55%	Underperform Votes 218 40.45%
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 597 72.01%	Underperform Votes 232 27.99%

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 prefer ABM or CLH?

ABM Industries presently has a consensus target price of $53.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.22%. Clean Harbors has a consensus target price of $257.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.45%. Given Clean Harbors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Do insiders and institutionals 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ABM or CLH?

In the previous week, Clean Harbors had 4 more articles in the media than ABM Industries. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Clean Harbors and 15 mentions for ABM Industries. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat ABM Industries' score of 0.83 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clean Harbors	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	0.39	$81.40M	$1.26	41.67
Clean Harbors	$5.95B	2.10	$377.86M	$7.22	32.31

Which has more risk and volatility, ABM or CLH?

ABM Industries has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats ABM Industries on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.