Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Is ROL or CLH more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 6.83%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.94% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rollins	13.76%	37.94%	17.33%
Clean Harbors	6.83%	16.33%	5.60%

Which has more volatility and risk, ROL or CLH?

Rollins has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ROL or CLH?

In the previous week, Rollins had 13 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Rollins and 16 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Rollins' score of 0.30 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rollins	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clean Harbors	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ROL or CLH?

Rollins has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, 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	7.97	$466.38M	$0.99	57.51
Clean Harbors	$5.95B	2.03	$377.86M	$7.22	31.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROL or CLH?

Clean Harbors received 261 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.01% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 61.43% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rollins	Outperform Votes 336 61.43%	Underperform Votes 211 38.57%
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 597 72.01%	Underperform Votes 232 27.99%

Do analysts rate ROL or CLH?

Rollins presently has a consensus price target of $57.38, suggesting a potential upside of 0.77%. Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $257.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.21%. Given Clean Harbors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Clean Harbors 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ROL or CLH?

51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Rollins shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Rollins on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.