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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Clean Harbors. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Harbors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Clean Harbors presently has a consensus price target of $262.91, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $253.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.40%. Given Waste Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Clean Harbors.
Waste Management has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 6.48%. Waste Management's return on equity of 34.37% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 25 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Waste Management and 10 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Waste Management's score of 0.42 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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
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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 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
