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NYSE:RSG

Republic Services - RSG Competitors

$131.31
+0.82 (+0.63%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$130.34
$131.95
50-Day Range
$121.62
$133.57
52-Week Range
$119.72
$149.17
Volume
914,851 shs
Average Volume
1.57 million shs
Market Capitalization
$41.50 billion
P/E Ratio
28.00
Dividend Yield
1.51%
Price Target
$145.33

RSG vs. WM, WCN, GFL, TT, PAYX, SQ, IQV, MRVL, CPRT, and FIS

Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Waste Management (WM), Waste Connections (WCN), GFL Environmental (GFL), Trane Technologies (TT), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), IQVIA (IQV), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Copart (CPRT), and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Republic Services vs.

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Waste Management has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 11.01%. Waste Management's return on equity of 32.91% beat Republic Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Management 11.36% 32.91% 7.70%
Republic Services 11.01% 16.72% 5.65%

78.5% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Waste Management currently has a consensus price target of $169.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $145.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.68%. Given Republic Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Management
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Waste Management pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 42.2% 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 raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Republic Services has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Republic Services had 5 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Republic Services and 11 mentions for Waste Management. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Waste Management's score of 0.31 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Republic Services
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste Management$19.70 billion3.21$2.24 billion$5.3928.72
Republic Services$13.51 billion3.07$1.49 billion$4.6928.00

Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Waste Management received 91 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 65.46% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ManagementOutperform Votes
544
67.58%
Underperform Votes
261
32.42%
Republic ServicesOutperform Votes
453
65.46%
Underperform Votes
239
34.54%

Summary

Waste Management beats Republic Services on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RSG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 ServicesRefuse systems IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$41.50B$13.57B$4.65B$14.18B
Dividend Yield1.51%1.40%4.90%3.93%
P/E Ratio28.0017.69288.6122.79
Price / Sales3.075.51398.8349.15
Price / Cash13.7710.5720.1916.31
Price / Book4.283.634.326.77
Net Income$1.49B$465.42M$114.58M$868.69M
7 Day Performance1.42%0.68%0.30%1.35%
1 Month Performance1.85%0.44%-4.10%-6.31%
1 Year Performance-1.74%-7.49%-22.53%-15.29%

Republic Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WM
Waste Management
2.8357 of 5 stars
$152.09
-1.6%
$169.50
+11.4%
-2.1%$62.08B$19.70B28.2249,500
WCN
Waste Connections
2.663 of 5 stars
$132.19
-0.9%
$151.75
+14.8%
-1.8%$34.04B$7.21B40.9322,109Short Interest ↑
GFL
GFL Environmental
2.8308 of 5 stars
$32.51
-1.5%
$41.05
+26.3%
+2.0%$11.16B$4.98B-40.6419,500Short Interest ↓
TT
Trane Technologies
2.4256 of 5 stars
$181.65
-0.8%
$183.78
+1.2%
+16.5%$41.61B$15.99B24.2539,000Analyst Report
News Coverage
Positive News
PAYX
Paychex
2.6363 of 5 stars
$107.07
-2.9%
$123.69
+15.5%
-16.1%$38.60B$4.61B26.4416,000
SQ
Block
2.6045 of 5 stars
$72.65
-6.2%
$107.62
+48.1%
-53.8%$43.74B$17.53B-76.4712,428Analyst Report
IQV
IQVIA
3.1368 of 5 stars
$190.01
-3.4%
$256.81
+35.2%
-16.2%$35.37B$14.41B33.2886,000
MRVL
Marvell Technology
3.1721 of 5 stars
$40.16
-2.4%
$58.54
+45.8%
-45.6%$34.41B$5.92B-211.377,448
CPRT
Copart
2.4216 of 5 stars
$70.49
-1.0%
$79.33
+12.5%
+15.9%$33.59B$3.50B31.339,500Short Interest ↓
FIS
Fidelity National Information Services
3.3892 of 5 stars
$51.27
-3.4%
$89.91
+75.4%
-48.1%$30.35B$14.53B-1.8269,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
This page (NYSE:RSG) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff