WM vs. RSG, WCN, FI, TRI, TT, ADP, SPOT, ARM, MRVL, and CPRT
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 (FI), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Trane Technologies (TT), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Spotify Technology (SPOT), ARM (ARM), Marvell Technology (MRVL), and Copart (CPRT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
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 businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Management presently has a consensus target price of $205.15, indicating a potential downside of 2.49%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $199.77, indicating a potential upside of 3.34%. Given Republic Services' higher probable 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 1.4%. 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 39.1% 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 received 94 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.02% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 65.08% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% 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.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 18 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Waste Management and 10 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Waste Management's score of 0.58 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Management has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 11.57%. Waste Management's return on equity of 38.82% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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