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NYSE:WM

Waste Management (WM) Competitors

$162.68
+0.10 (+0.06%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$161.15
$162.93
50-Day Range
$161.28
$170.55
52-Week Range
$138.89
$175.98
Volume
1.10 million shs
Average Volume
1.37 million shs
Market Capitalization
$66.18 billion
P/E Ratio
29.79
Dividend Yield
1.72%
Price Target
$176.64

WM vs. RSG, WCN, FISV, TRI, MRVL, ADP, CPRT, PAYX, SQ, and TT

Should you be buying Waste Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Management include Republic Services (RSG), Waste Connections (WCN), Fiserv (FISV), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Copart (CPRT), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), and Trane Technologies (TT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Waste Management vs.

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

Waste Management has a net margin of 11.33% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 10.76%. Waste Management's return on equity of 33.23% beat Republic Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Management 11.33% 33.23% 7.55%
Republic Services 10.76% 16.66% 5.56%

Waste Management currently has a consensus price target of $176.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.58%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $146.80, suggesting a potential upside of 2.45%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

In the previous week, Republic Services had 4 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Republic Services and 3 mentions for Waste Management. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Waste Management's score of -0.56 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Republic Services
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Waste Management received 94 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 65.04% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ManagementOutperform Votes
548
67.40%
Underperform Votes
265
32.60%
Republic ServicesOutperform Votes
454
65.04%
Underperform Votes
244
34.96%

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Waste Management pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 41.3% 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 a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$19.70 billion3.36$2.24 billion$5.4629.79
Republic Services$13.51 billion3.35$1.49 billion$4.7929.92

78.5% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Waste Management beats Republic Services on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


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 ManagementRefuse systems IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$66.18B$15.65B$5.08B$14.96B
Dividend Yield1.72%1.40%4.91%3.85%
P/E Ratio29.7916.03227.5518.70
Price / Sales3.366.80117.229.27
Price / Cash14.9310.17272.0524.59
Price / Book9.733.594.547.34
Net Income$2.24B$464.14M$121.29M$897.71M
7 Day Performance-1.38%-1.05%1.03%1.75%
1 Month Performance-4.61%-2.53%2.58%3.87%
1 Year Performance7.44%14.59%-6.71%-2.53%

Waste Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RSG
Republic Services
2.3702 of 5 stars
$143.34
-0.3%
$146.80
+2.4%
+11.5%$45.34B$14.12B29.9240,000Analyst Revision
WCN
Waste Connections
2.5226 of 5 stars
$136.68
-1.0%
$156.22
+14.3%
+9.1%$35.20B$7.21B41.2922,109Analyst Revision
FISV
Fiserv
2.2871 of 5 stars
$114.23
+1.8%
$132.16
+15.7%
+20.3%$71.75B$17.74B30.1441,000High Trading Volume
TRI
Thomson Reuters
2.5746 of 5 stars
$123.45
-0.1%
$137.67
+11.5%
+23.6%$58.14B$6.63B51.2225,200Positive News
MRVL
Marvell Technology
2.0346 of 5 stars
$59.14
+1.9%
$62.85
+6.3%
+6.3%$50.86B$5.92B-311.267,448Options Volume
Analyst Revision
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
2.6243 of 5 stars
$216.74
+0.2%
$237.25
+9.5%
-0.2%$89.54B$16.50B27.6860,000
CPRT
Copart
1.9496 of 5 stars
$88.09
-0.5%
$83.33
-5.4%
+52.6%$42.06B$3.50B36.869,500
PAYX
Paychex
2.4594 of 5 stars
$111.41
-0.2%
$122.27
+9.7%
-8.9%$40.16B$4.61B26.8516,000
SQ
Block
2.3854 of 5 stars
$65.98
+3.8%
$96.03
+45.5%
-15.2%$39.91B$17.53B-109.9612,428
TT
Trane Technologies
2.4044 of 5 stars
$174.74
+1.4%
$182.58
+4.5%
+31.2%$39.85B$15.99B22.6339,000Dividend Announcement

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