Rollins (ROL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WM or ROL?

80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Rollins shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WM or ROL a better dividend stock?

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.30 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%. Waste Management pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rollins pays out 66.7% 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. Waste Management has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Rollins has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to WM or ROL?

In the previous week, Waste Management had 9 more articles in the media than Rollins. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Waste Management and 27 mentions for Rollins. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Waste Management's score of 0.60 indicating that Rollins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Management	19 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rollins	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WM or ROL?

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Rollins. Waste Management 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
Waste Management	$22.92B	4.11	$2.75B	$6.63	35.32
Rollins	$3.46B	7.98	$466.38M	$0.99	57.59

Do analysts prefer WM or ROL?

Waste Management currently has a consensus price target of $243.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.89%. Rollins has a consensus price target of $55.57, suggesting a potential downside of 2.54%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Rollins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Management	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is WM or ROL more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 12.45%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.94% beat Waste Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Management	12.45%	37.93%	7.99%
Rollins	13.76%	37.94%	17.33%

Which has more volatility & risk, WM or ROL?

Waste Management has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WM or ROL?

Waste Management received 276 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.45% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Management	Outperform Votes 610 66.45%	Underperform Votes 308 33.55%
Rollins	Outperform Votes 334 61.28%	Underperform Votes 211 38.72%

Summary

Waste Management beats Rollins on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.