RSG vs. WM, ROL, CLH, TTEK, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, TISI, and WCN
Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Waste Management (WM), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), Team (TISI), and Waste Connections (WCN).
Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Republic Services pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 49.1% 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.
57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Management has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 12.11%. Waste Management's return on equity of 40.19% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
Republic Services currently has a consensus target price of $211.69, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Waste Management has a consensus target price of $215.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.58%. Given Republic Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.
Republic Services has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Management received 95 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 21 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Republic Services and 25 mentions for Waste Management. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Waste Management's score of 0.41 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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