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WM vs. CLH, RSG, WCN, ROL, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, XYL, and VLTO

Should you be buying Waste Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Management include Clean Harbors (CLH), Republic Services (RSG), Waste Connections (WCN), Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Xylem (XYL), and Veralto (VLTO).

Waste Management vs. Its Competitors

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

Waste Management currently has a consensus price target of $251.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.85%. Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $257.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Clean Harbors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Management
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Clean Harbors
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Waste Management has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Waste Management has a net margin of 11.67% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 6.58%. Waste Management's return on equity of 35.67% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Management11.67% 35.67% 7.31%
Clean Harbors 6.58%15.47%5.38%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste Management$22.06B4.13$2.75B$6.6334.15
Clean Harbors$5.89B2.13$402.30M$7.2232.43

In the previous week, Waste Management had 50 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Waste Management and 7 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Waste Management's score of 0.51 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Waste Management
30 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
7 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Clean Harbors
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Waste Management beats Clean Harbors on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 ManagementWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$91.39B$10.17B$13.13B$20.68B
Dividend Yield1.45%1.30%2.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio34.1535.5328.9528.10
Price / Sales4.1320.0541.1538.27
Price / Cash17.1517.0326.6522.53
Price / Book11.013.696.294.58
Net Income$2.75B$221.89M$188.91M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-0.75%-0.16%3.69%2.79%
1 Month Performance-5.01%0.16%4.72%5.46%
1 Year Performance7.65%14.55%38.85%15.06%

Waste Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WM
Waste Management
4.8314 of 5 stars
$226.43
+1.4%
$251.00
+10.9%
+7.7%$91.39B$22.06B34.1561,700
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.2734 of 5 stars
$231.38
+0.1%
$257.67
+11.4%
+4.4%$12.40B$5.89B32.0522,796Positive News
RSG
Republic Services
4.5979 of 5 stars
$245.69
+0.5%
$252.68
+2.8%
+24.6%$76.78B$16.03B37.0640,000Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.7348 of 5 stars
$186.51
+0.3%
$212.29
+13.8%
+1.3%$48.19B$8.92B76.7522,100News Coverage
Analyst Revision
ROL
Rollins
3.5201 of 5 stars
$56.44
+0.5%
$58.78
+4.1%
+12.2%$27.35B$3.39B57.0117,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TTEK
Tetra Tech
2.9579 of 5 stars
$35.99
+1.0%
$41.00
+13.9%
-12.3%$9.48B$5.20B52.3130,000News Coverage
Positive News
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.4017 of 5 stars
$115.01
-0.3%
$122.67
+6.7%
+16.9%$7.30B$1.56B522.805,100
ABM
ABM Industries
4.4862 of 5 stars
$47.02
+1.4%
$55.00
+17.0%
-5.0%$2.93B$8.50B37.92117,000Analyst Upgrade
TISI
Team
1.0186 of 5 stars
$18.25
+1.3%
N/A+121.6%$81.94M$852.27M-1.615,400Trending News
Gap Up
XYL
Xylem
4.5056 of 5 stars
$128.90
+0.5%
$143.71
+11.5%
-0.3%$31.37B$8.56B34.6517,800Positive News
VLTO
Veralto
3.1433 of 5 stars
$100.94
0.0%
$110.09
+9.1%
+8.8%$25.02B$5.19B28.8417,000News Coverage
Positive News

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