ROL vs. WM, RSG, CLH, TTEK, CWST, SRCL, ABM, SP, TISI, and SCI
Should you be buying Rollins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rollins include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), SP Plus (SP), Team (TISI), and Service Co. International (SCI).
Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Waste Management received 256 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.90% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Rollins. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rollins currently has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $217.61, suggesting a potential upside of 3.27%. Given Waste Management's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Rollins.
Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Rollins pays out 67.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Rollins and Rollins both had 10 articles in the media. Waste Management's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Rollins' score of 0.52 indicating that Waste Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rollins has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 11.98%. Waste Management's return on equity of 38.61% beat Rollins' return on equity.
51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Rollins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned 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.
Summary
Waste Management beats Rollins on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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