Waste Management (WM) Competitors

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.93% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 11.78%. Waste Management's return on equity of 31.97% beat Republic Services' return on equity.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 8 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Waste Management and 23 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Waste Management's score of 0.13 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Republic Services presently has a consensus target price of $252.10, indicating a potential downside of 0.34%. Waste Management has a consensus target price of $257.04, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.

Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Republic Services pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 49.6% 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 23 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Republic Services has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the broader market.

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.

57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 26 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Waste Management and 5 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Connections' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Waste Management's score of 0.13 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Waste Management has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

Waste Management presently has a consensus price target of $257.04, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $203.22, indicating a potential upside of 4.88%. Given Waste Management's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Waste Connections.

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Waste Management pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 34.5% 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. Waste Management has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Waste Connections has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Waste Management has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 11.40%. Waste Management's return on equity of 31.97% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.

Waste Management has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Veralto has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the broader market.

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Veralto. Veralto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Veralto shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Veralto shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Waste Management currently has a consensus target price of $257.04, suggesting a potential upside of 5.34%. Veralto has a consensus target price of $120.70, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Given Waste Management's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Veralto.

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Veralto pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Waste Management pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veralto pays out 12.9% 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 23 consecutive years and Veralto has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Veralto has a net margin of 17.27% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 11.78%. Veralto's return on equity of 35.08% beat Waste Management's return on equity.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 21 more articles in the media than Veralto. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Waste Management and 10 mentions for Veralto. Veralto's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Waste Management's score of 0.13 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Rollins has a net margin of 13.19% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 11.78%. Rollins' return on equity of 39.43% beat Waste Management's return on equity.

Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Rollins pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 49.6% 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. Rollins has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Waste Management has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Rollins. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Rollins has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the broader market.

51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Rollins shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Rollins presently has a consensus price target of $40.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.88%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $257.04, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Given Rollins' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rollins is more favorable than Waste Management.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 7 more articles in the media than Rollins. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Waste Management and 24 mentions for Rollins. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Waste Management's score of 0.13 indicating that Rollins is being referred to more favorably in the media.