WCN vs. WM, RSG, GFL, CWST, QRHC, VIVK, AWX, ESGL, ARM, and SPGI
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), GFL Environmental (GFL), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Quest Resource (QRHC), Vivakor (VIVK), Avalon (AWX), ESGL (ESGL), ARM (ARM), and S&P Global (SPGI).
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Management has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 9.70%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 38.61% beat Waste Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 18 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Waste Management and 6 mentions for Waste Connections. Waste Management's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.68 indicating that Waste Connections is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Waste Management pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 37.0% 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 1 consecutive years and Waste Connections has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
Waste Connections received 271 more outperform votes than Waste Management when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.16% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 66.90% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Management presently has a consensus price target of $217.61, suggesting a potential upside of 8.51%. Waste Connections has a consensus price target of $179.94, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Waste Management.
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.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Waste Management on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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