WCN vs. URI, IR, AER, NVRI, PESI, AQMS, ESGLW, LNZAW, TTEK, and AGCO
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include United Rentals (URI), Ingersoll Rand (IR), AerCap (AER), Enviri (NVRI), Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI), Aqua Metals (AQMS), ESGL (ESGLW), LanzaTech Global (LNZAW), Tetra Tech (TTEK), and AGCO (AGCO).
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and United Rentals (NYSE:URI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
United Rentals has a net margin of 16.91% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 9.51%. United Rentals' return on equity of 36.80% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of United Rentals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of United Rentals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, United Rentals had 13 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for United Rentals and 12 mentions for Waste Connections. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.46 indicating that United Rentals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. United Rentals pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Waste Connections pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Rentals pays out 18.4% 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. United Rentals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Waste Connections received 101 more outperform votes than United Rentals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 64.52% of users gave United Rentals an outperform vote.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $178.87, indicating a potential upside of 8.29%. United Rentals has a consensus target price of $589.21, indicating a potential downside of 14.72%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than United Rentals.
United Rentals has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Rentals has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
United Rentals beats Waste Connections on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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