Republic Services (RSG) Competitors

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, WM or RSG?

Waste Management has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WM or RSG?

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Services. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Services, 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
Republic Services	$16.18B	4.87	$2.04B	$6.63	38.04

Is WM or RSG a better dividend stock?

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Waste Management pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 35.0% 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 22 consecutive years and Republic Services has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Is WM or RSG more profitable?

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 12.45%. Waste Management's return on equity of 37.93% beat Republic Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Management	12.45%	37.93%	7.99%
Republic Services	12.74%	18.28%	6.37%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WM or RSG?

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WM or RSG?

Waste Management received 100 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.45% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Management	Outperform Votes 610 66.45%	Underperform Votes 308 33.55%
Republic Services	Outperform Votes 510 64.80%	Underperform Votes 277 35.20%

Do analysts recommend WM or RSG?

Waste Management presently has a consensus target price of $243.44, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $249.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. Given Waste Management's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Management	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Republic Services	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Does the media refer more to WM or RSG?

In the previous week, Waste Management had 2 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Waste Management and 29 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Waste Management's score of 0.60 indicating that Republic Services 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)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Republic Services	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Waste Management beats Republic Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.