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).
Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Republic Services pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 49.1% 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 has increased 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.
57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Republic Services currently has a consensus price target of $201.14, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $217.61, suggesting a potential upside of 8.51%. Given Republic Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 12 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Waste Management and 12 mentions for Republic Services. Waste Management's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Republic Services' score of 0.68 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Management has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 11.81%. Republic Services' return on equity of 38.61% beat Waste Management's return on equity.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Services. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Management received 98 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.90% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
Republic Services has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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