WM vs. RSG, ROL, CLH, TTEK, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, TISI, and WCN
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), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), Team (TISI), and Waste Connections (WCN).
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Waste Management received 95 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
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.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 21 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Republic Services and 26 mentions for Waste Management. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Waste Management's score of 0.41 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Management has a net margin of 12.13% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 12.11%. Waste Management's return on equity of 40.19% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
Waste Management currently has a consensus price target of $215.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.58%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $211.69, suggesting a potential upside of 11.24%. Given Republic Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.
Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Management pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 37.5% 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.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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