ROL vs. WM, RSG, CLH, TTEK, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, TISI, and SCI
Should you be buying Rollins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rollins include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), Team (TISI), and Service Co. International (SCI).
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 valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, Rollins had 3 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rollins and 7 mentions for Waste Management. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Waste Management's score of 0.55 indicating that Waste Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Management received 256 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.90% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.
Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Waste Management pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rollins pays out 67.4% 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 increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Rollins has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rollins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Rollins' net margin of 11.98%. Rollins' return on equity of 38.61% beat Waste Management's return on equity.
Waste Management presently has a consensus price target of $217.61, indicating a potential upside of 3.27%. Rollins has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.87%. Given Rollins' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Rollins.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waste Management beats Rollins on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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