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).
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Management pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 37.5% 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 a net margin of 11.98% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 11.81%. Waste Management's return on equity of 38.61% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 2 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Republic Services and 15 mentions for Waste Management. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Waste Management's score of 0.39 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Management currently has a consensus target price of $217.61, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $201.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.79%. Given Republic Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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