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$220.91 -3.57 (-1.59%)
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RSG vs. CWST, CLH, MMC, WCN, WM, ROL, TTEK, ABM, TISI, and XYL

Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Clean Harbors (CLH), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Waste Connections (WCN), Waste Management (WM), Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), and Xylem (XYL).

Republic Services vs. Its Competitors

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Republic Services presently has a consensus target price of $258.10, indicating a potential upside of 16.83%. Casella Waste Systems has a consensus target price of $112.38, indicating a potential upside of 29.15%. Given Casella Waste Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Casella Waste Systems
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Republic Services has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Republic Services has higher revenue and earnings than Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casella Waste Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Republic Services$16.37B4.21$2.04B$6.7632.68
Casella Waste Systems$1.56B3.55$13.54M$0.18483.39

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.97% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.64%. Republic Services' return on equity of 18.27% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Republic Services12.97% 18.27% 6.48%
Casella Waste Systems 0.64%4.97%2.40%

57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Republic Services had 19 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Republic Services and 10 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 0.51 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Republic Services
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Casella Waste Systems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Republic Services beats Casella Waste Systems on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RSG vs. The Competition

MetricRepublic ServicesWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$68.97B$11.14B$20.40B$21.91B
Dividend Yield1.11%1.21%2.93%3.64%
P/E Ratio32.6839.4226.6030.11
Price / Sales4.2129.541,877.9765.32
Price / Cash18.3016.6731.1623.91
Price / Book6.063.988.224.70
Net Income$2.04B$245.70M$196.57M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.98%1.50%-0.38%-0.44%
1 Month Performance-3.23%7.59%4.80%1.45%
1 Year Performance6.98%5.63%53.13%15.02%

Republic Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RSG
Republic Services
4.9108 of 5 stars
$220.91
-1.6%
$258.10
+16.8%
+9.1%$68.97B$16.37B32.6842,000Analyst Forecast
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
4.2811 of 5 stars
$92.91
+1.2%
$112.38
+21.0%
-12.0%$5.90B$1.56B516.175,100
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.6895 of 5 stars
$231.08
+1.2%
$262.45
+13.6%
-9.2%$12.39B$5.89B32.4622,796Positive News
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.8825 of 5 stars
$201.37
+0.1%
$238.76
+18.6%
-9.0%$99.00B$25.80B24.1590,000Upcoming Earnings
WCN
Waste Connections
4.9478 of 5 stars
$174.15
-0.2%
$213.79
+22.8%
-5.2%$44.69B$8.92B70.2223,854Upcoming Earnings
WM
Waste Management
4.9267 of 5 stars
$217.68
-0.9%
$255.17
+17.2%
+2.2%$87.69B$23.95B32.3061,700
ROL
Rollins
3.8753 of 5 stars
$58.33
-0.6%
$62.18
+6.6%
+13.5%$28.27B$3.57B57.7520,265Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TTEK
Tetra Tech
4.305 of 5 stars
$33.87
+0.4%
$41.00
+21.1%
-32.0%$8.90B$5.20B42.3430,000
ABM
ABM Industries
4.7082 of 5 stars
$46.22
-0.8%
$55.67
+20.4%
-15.8%$2.83B$8.36B25.12117,000
TISI
Team
0.4716 of 5 stars
$15.48
-1.1%
N/A-35.4%$69.62M$870.74M-1.325,400Trending News
Gap Up
XYL
Xylem
4.3789 of 5 stars
$149.85
flat
$152.33
+1.7%
+6.8%$36.47B$8.73B38.9223,000

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