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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.

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

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$22.92B4.10$2.75B$6.6335.19
Republic Services$16.18B4.85$2.04B$6.6337.85

Waste Management has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 4 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Waste Management and 30 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Waste Management's score of 0.74 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
22 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Republic Services
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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 raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Republic Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

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 presently has a consensus target price of $243.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $249.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.77%. Given Waste Management's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
9 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

Waste Management received 100 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.45% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ManagementOutperform Votes
610
66.45%
Underperform Votes
308
33.55%
Republic ServicesOutperform Votes
510
64.80%
Underperform Votes
277
35.20%

Summary

Waste Management beats Republic Services on 12 of the 19 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$93.88B$21.17B$24.28B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.44%1.20%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio34.3174.0633.4334.53
Price / Sales4.102.54283.6334.84
Price / Cash17.3014.3730.9317.51
Price / Book11.363.865.414.69
Net Income$2.75B$577.12M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.54%-0.27%-0.68%-2.43%
1 Month Performance1.91%-0.57%16.74%6.27%
1 Year Performance11.37%5.25%19.51%5.78%

Waste Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WM
Waste Management
4.527 of 5 stars
$236.29
+1.3%
$247.06
+4.6%
+11.1%$95.05B$22.92B34.7449,500Analyst Upgrade
RSG
Republic Services
4.4724 of 5 stars
$250.03
+0.9%
$249.00
-0.4%
+34.4%$78.13B$16.18B38.5340,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ROL
Rollins
2.411 of 5 stars
$57.41
+0.8%
$55.57
-3.2%
+23.1%$27.82B$3.46B59.8017,500
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.7905 of 5 stars
$232.57
-0.1%
$257.67
+10.8%
+5.9%$12.46B$5.95B31.3418,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
TTEK
Tetra Tech
3.0046 of 5 stars
$35.25
-0.3%
$41.00
+16.3%
-19.6%$9.29B$5.46B37.0321,000Positive News
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
2.7921 of 5 stars
$115.82
+1.1%
$122.67
+5.9%
+16.8%$7.35B$1.63B503.573,200
ABM
ABM Industries
3.1066 of 5 stars
$52.63
0.0%
$53.67
+2.0%
+7.9%$3.28B$8.40B41.44127,000News Coverage
TISI
Team
0.7326 of 5 stars
$20.70
-2.6%
N/A+195.2%$93.01M$852.27M-1.685,200Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
WCN
Waste Connections
4.2742 of 5 stars
$192.82
+0.5%
$208.21
+8.0%
+17.7%$49.82B$9.08B80.6822,100Analyst Forecast
GFL
GFL Environmental
3.9657 of 5 stars
$49.48
+0.2%
$54.57
+10.3%
+53.6%$19.46B$7.99B-37.2019,500Analyst Forecast
QRHC
Quest Resource
4.0228 of 5 stars
$2.34
-7.1%
$9.75
+316.7%
-75.1%$48.29M$284.31M-6.32190Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NYSE:WM) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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