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WM vs. RSG, ROL, CLH, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, WCN, GFL, and VIVK

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

Waste Management vs.

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

Waste Management presently has a consensus price target of $243.29, indicating a potential upside of 3.99%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $249.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Waste Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Management
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 12.45%. Waste Management's return on equity of 37.93% beat Republic Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Management12.45% 37.93% 7.99%
Republic Services 12.74%18.28%6.37%

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Waste Management pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 35.0% 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 increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Republic Services has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 5 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Waste Management and 48 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Waste Management's score of 0.70 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
20 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Republic Services
26 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste Management$22.92B4.11$2.75B$6.6335.29
Republic Services$16.18B4.84$2.04B$6.6337.77

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Waste Management received 103 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.67% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ManagementOutperform Votes
610
66.67%
Underperform Votes
305
33.33%
Republic ServicesOutperform Votes
507
64.67%
Underperform Votes
277
35.33%

Waste Management has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Waste Management beats Republic Services on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WM vs. The Competition

MetricWaste ManagementRefuse systems IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$94.13B$21.38B$22.32B$19.22B
Dividend Yield1.44%1.12%2.59%4.00%
P/E Ratio34.4174.8631.1733.45
Price / Sales4.112.56172.6229.18
Price / Cash17.3014.3731.5117.52
Price / Book11.403.895.604.55
Net Income$2.75B$577.12M$194.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.49%0.20%2.53%2.18%
1 Month Performance-0.29%0.23%15.82%-2.05%
1 Year Performance12.89%18.35%29.88%5.45%

Waste Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WM
Waste Management
4.4178 of 5 stars
$233.97
+0.2%
$243.29
+4.0%
+12.9%$94.13B$22.92B34.4149,500Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
RSG
Republic Services
4.3417 of 5 stars
$245.09
+0.6%
$245.38
+0.1%
+34.3%$76.56B$16.18B37.7540,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
ROL
Rollins
3.442 of 5 stars
$55.76
+0.8%
$55.57
-0.3%
+26.7%$27.02B$3.46B58.0317,500
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.7915 of 5 stars
$211.17
-0.4%
$258.40
+22.4%
+8.2%$11.44B$5.89B28.4618,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
TTEK
Tetra Tech
4.0165 of 5 stars
$31.11
-0.3%
$45.72
+47.0%
-24.2%$8.34B$5.39B32.6721,000Positive News
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.557 of 5 stars
$115.79
+0.2%
$122.67
+5.9%
+27.5%$7.33B$1.56B502.703,200Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ABM
ABM Industries
3.7605 of 5 stars
$48.10
-0.4%
$53.67
+11.6%
+10.9%$2.99B$8.40B37.87127,000Positive News
TISI
Team
0.4548 of 5 stars
$21.71
-2.8%
N/A+243.6%$97.54M$852.27M-1.775,200
WCN
Waste Connections
4.0114 of 5 stars
$193.92
-0.3%
$206.57
+6.5%
+21.1%$50.09B$8.92B81.1222,100Analyst Forecast
GFL
GFL Environmental
2.5438 of 5 stars
$48.24
-1.5%
$52.00
+7.8%
+50.7%$18.97B$7.86B-36.2519,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
VIVK
Vivakor
1.0461 of 5 stars
$1.07
-4.5%
N/A-34.6%$47.70M$89.81M-2.4920Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WM) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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