CWST vs. ADSW, ROL, CLH, TTEK, SRCL, ABM, SP, TISI, WCN, and WM
Should you be buying Casella Waste Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Casella Waste Systems include Advanced Disposal Services (ADSW), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), Team (TISI), Waste Connections (WCN), and Waste Management (WM).
Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) and Advanced Disposal Services (NYSE:ADSW) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Advanced Disposal Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Disposal Services has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Casella Waste Systems had 6 more articles in the media than Advanced Disposal Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Casella Waste Systems and 0 mentions for Advanced Disposal Services. Casella Waste Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Advanced Disposal Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Casella Waste Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Casella Waste Systems currently has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.40%. Given Casella Waste Systems' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Advanced Disposal Services.
Casella Waste Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advanced Disposal Services. Advanced Disposal Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casella Waste Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Casella Waste Systems has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Advanced Disposal Services' net margin of 0.02%. Advanced Disposal Services' return on equity of 4.90% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.
Casella Waste Systems received 118 more outperform votes than Advanced Disposal Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave Advanced Disposal Services an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Casella Waste Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Casella Waste Systems beats Advanced Disposal Services on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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