ROL vs. MMS, WM, RSG, CLH, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, LMB, and TT
Should you be buying Rollins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rollins include Maximus (MMS), Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Limbach (LMB), and Trane Technologies (TT).
Rollins vs. Its Competitors
Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and Rollins (NYSE:ROL) are related companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Maximus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Rollins shares are held by 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.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.70% compared to Maximus' net margin of 5.83%. Rollins' return on equity of 36.96% beat Maximus' return on equity.
Maximus currently has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.06%. Rollins has a consensus target price of $61.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Rollins' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rollins is more favorable than Maximus.
Maximus has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rollins has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maximus. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rollins had 14 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Rollins and 16 mentions for Maximus. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Rollins' score of 0.66 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Maximus pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rollins pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Maximus has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Rollins has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Maximus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Rollins beats Maximus on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ROL) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff