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WM vs. CLH, RSG, WCN, ROL, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, XYL, and VLTO

Should you be buying Waste Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Management include Clean Harbors (CLH), Republic Services (RSG), Waste Connections (WCN), Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Xylem (XYL), and Veralto (VLTO).

Waste Management vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Waste Management had 17 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Waste Management and 19 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Waste Management's score of 0.52 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clean Harbors
11 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Waste Management
18 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Waste Management has a net margin of 11.67% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 6.58%. Waste Management's return on equity of 35.67% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clean Harbors6.58% 15.47% 5.38%
Waste Management 11.67%35.67%7.31%

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Clean Harbors presently has a consensus price target of $259.70, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $252.41, suggesting a potential upside of 9.94%. Given Clean Harbors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clean Harbors is more favorable than Waste Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clean Harbors
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Waste Management
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors 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
Clean Harbors$5.89B2.14$402.30M$7.2232.59
Waste Management$22.06B4.19$2.75B$6.6334.63

Summary

Waste Management beats Clean Harbors on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WM 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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WM vs. The Competition

MetricWaste ManagementWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$92.80B$10.59B$18.97B$21.03B
Dividend Yield1.43%1.30%2.73%3.59%
P/E Ratio34.6337.6329.6028.45
Price / Sales4.1969.1254.6171.66
Price / Cash17.4117.0427.3922.92
Price / Book11.163.736.264.68
Net Income$2.75B$228.90M$197.98M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.08%1.27%1.50%1.65%
1 Month Performance1.20%0.35%5.40%4.54%
1 Year Performance16.56%7.51%26.46%10.00%

Waste Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WM
Waste Management
4.7605 of 5 stars
$229.58
-0.4%
$252.41
+9.9%
+14.7%$92.80B$22.06B34.6361,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.6253 of 5 stars
$226.87
-0.4%
$257.67
+13.6%
+5.8%$12.17B$5.89B31.4622,796Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
RSG
Republic Services
4.3793 of 5 stars
$240.73
+0.1%
$255.74
+6.2%
+29.4%$75.26B$16.03B36.3242,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
WCN
Waste Connections
4.7266 of 5 stars
$181.91
-0.4%
$213.57
+17.4%
+6.6%$47.04B$8.92B74.9123,854Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ROL
Rollins
3.4484 of 5 stars
$55.51
-0.5%
$60.50
+9.0%
+24.1%$26.93B$3.39B56.1320,265Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
TTEK
Tetra Tech
2.0357 of 5 stars
$37.95
-0.6%
$41.00
+8.0%
-8.0%$10.00B$5.20B55.1630,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.8021 of 5 stars
$107.87
-0.1%
$122.67
+13.7%
+7.1%$6.84B$1.56B490.095,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ABM
ABM Industries
4.5523 of 5 stars
$47.58
-0.3%
$56.00
+17.7%
-12.8%$2.96B$8.36B38.33117,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
TISI
Team
0.6304 of 5 stars
$17.19
-1.1%
N/A+69.4%$77.16M$852.27M-1.515,400Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.7501 of 5 stars
$132.26
-0.3%
$149.29
+12.9%
-3.3%$32.23B$8.60B35.6023,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VLTO
Veralto
3.0352 of 5 stars
$102.50
-0.8%
$111.18
+8.5%
+3.8%$25.43B$5.19B29.3117,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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