WM vs. RSG, ROL, CLH, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, WCN, GFL, and QRHC
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 Quest Resource (QRHC).
Waste Management vs. Its Competitors
Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
Waste Management received 102 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Republic Services pays out 35.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 49.8% 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. Republic Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Waste Management has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
Republic Services has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 22 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Waste Management and 31 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Waste Management's score of 0.66 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Republic Services presently has a consensus target price of $252.68, indicating a potential upside of 0.41%. Waste Management has a consensus target price of $248.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.72%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.
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.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 14 of the 19 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:WM) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
