Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROL or CLH?

Clean Harbors received 262 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.98% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rollins	Outperform Votes 334 61.28%	Underperform Votes 211 38.72%
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 596 71.98%	Underperform Votes 232 28.02%

Do analysts prefer ROL or CLH?

Rollins presently has a consensus price target of $55.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $255.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.11%. 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has more risk and volatility, ROL or CLH?

Rollins has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better 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	7.84	$466.38M	$0.99	56.60
Clean Harbors	$5.89B	2.01	$377.86M	$7.42	29.39

Does the media refer more to ROL or CLH?

In the previous week, Rollins had 11 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Rollins and 40 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Rollins' score of 0.49 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	17 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clean Harbors	23 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Rollins on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.