WCN vs. CWST, RSG, WM, SPGI, MELI, DASH, RELX, PYPL, TCOM, and RDDT
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Republic Services (RSG), Waste Management (WM), S&P Global (SPGI), MercadoLibre (MELI), DoorDash (DASH), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and Reddit (RDDT).
Waste Connections vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Casella Waste Systems. Waste Connections 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.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of $213.79, suggesting a potential upside of 22.76%. Casella Waste Systems has a consensus price target of $112.38, suggesting a potential upside of 20.95%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Casella Waste Systems.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 5 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Waste Connections and 9 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of -0.19 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.97% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.64%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 15.72% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Casella Waste Systems on 13 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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This page (NYSE:WCN) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
