CLH vs. ROL, TTEK, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, TISI, WM, RSG, and PESI
Should you be buying Clean Harbors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Harbors include Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), Team (TISI), Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), and Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI).
Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Rollins has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rollins currently has a consensus price target of $46.60, indicating a potential upside of 1.53%. Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $218.40, indicating a potential downside of 2.34%. Given Clean Harbors' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rollins is more favorable than Clean Harbors.
51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Rollins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Rollins had 38 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Rollins and 5 mentions for Clean Harbors. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Clean Harbors' score of 0.35 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rollins has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Rollins' net margin of 6.85%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 40.93% beat Rollins' return on equity.
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.
Clean Harbors received 241 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.48% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 62.12% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.
Summary
Clean Harbors beats Rollins on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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