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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

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

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
Casella Waste Systems$1.56B4.51$13.54M$0.22502.68
Republic Services$16.03B4.70$2.04B$6.6336.39

Casella Waste Systems currently has a consensus target price of $122.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.92%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $255.21, suggesting a potential upside of 5.79%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Casella Waste Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

In the previous week, Republic Services had 28 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Republic Services and 4 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 1.26 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Casella Waste Systems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Republic Services
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.88% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.79%. Republic Services' return on equity of 18.28% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Casella Waste Systems0.79% 4.69% 2.20%
Republic Services 12.88%18.28%6.41%

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

Summary

Republic Services beats Casella Waste Systems on 11 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$75.03B$10.15B$15.42B$20.79B
Dividend Yield0.97%1.29%2.70%3.71%
P/E Ratio36.3934.9428.4427.89
Price / Sales4.7010.3143.6042.50
Price / Cash19.7017.0126.7222.63
Price / Book6.623.726.164.57
Net Income$2.04B$221.89M$188.45M$988.81M
7 Day Performance0.04%0.82%1.00%0.21%
1 Month Performance-2.78%-0.73%2.89%3.91%
1 Year Performance21.42%14.50%31.52%11.35%

Republic Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RSG
Republic Services
4.4081 of 5 stars
$241.24
+0.5%
$255.21
+5.8%
+21.9%$75.03B$16.03B36.3942,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.9763 of 5 stars
$113.30
-0.1%
$122.67
+8.3%
+9.3%$7.19B$1.63B515.025,100Positive News
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.5727 of 5 stars
$234.03
-0.1%
$257.67
+10.1%
+3.5%$12.54B$5.89B32.4122,796Positive News
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.4044 of 5 stars
$212.43
-1.2%
$240.79
+13.3%
-0.1%$104.67B$24.46B26.0390,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WCN
Waste Connections
4.763 of 5 stars
$181.89
+0.6%
$212.29
+16.7%
+1.1%$47.00B$8.92B74.8523,854Analyst Forecast
WM
Waste Management
4.9446 of 5 stars
$226.42
-0.3%
$251.00
+10.9%
+6.8%$91.11B$22.06B34.1561,700Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ROL
Rollins
3.3188 of 5 stars
$56.17
-0.5%
$59.90
+6.6%
+12.2%$27.22B$3.39B56.7420,265Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TTEK
Tetra Tech
3.2419 of 5 stars
$36.39
-0.6%
$41.00
+12.7%
-8.9%$9.59B$5.20B52.8930,000Positive News
ABM
ABM Industries
4.5336 of 5 stars
$48.20
+0.6%
$56.00
+16.2%
+0.2%$3.00B$8.36B38.87117,000Insider Trade
TISI
Team
0.8592 of 5 stars
$18.58
-1.6%
N/A+114.2%$83.42M$852.27M-1.635,400Trending News
XYL
Xylem
4.5186 of 5 stars
$130.88
-1.1%
$143.71
+9.8%
-3.4%$31.85B$8.56B35.1823,000Positive News

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