Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) and Rollins (NYSE:ROL) are both large-cap business services 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.

Does the media prefer CLH or ROL?

In the previous week, Rollins had 5 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rollins and 5 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Rollins' score of 0.52 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clean Harbors	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rollins	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors currently has a consensus target price of $216.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.09%. Rollins has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Given Rollins' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rollins is more favorable than Clean Harbors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors received 243 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 563 71.45%	Underperform Votes 225 28.55%
Rollins	Outperform Votes 320 62.02%	Underperform Votes 196 37.98%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CLH or ROL?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clean Harbors	$5.41B	2.16	$377.86M	$6.91	31.34
Rollins	$3.07B	7.20	$434.96M	$0.89	51.34

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLH or ROL?

90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rollins 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CLH or ROL more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 6.85%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.73% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Harbors	6.85%	16.97%	5.85%
Rollins	13.94%	37.73%	17.14%

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Rollins on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.