Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Competitors

Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, ROL or CWST?

Rollins has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ROL or CWST more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.87%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.94% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rollins	13.76%	37.94%	17.33%
Casella Waste Systems	0.87%	4.15%	1.88%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ROL or CWST?

51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Rollins shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ROL or CWST?

Rollins has higher revenue and earnings than Casella Waste Systems. Rollins 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rollins	$3.39B	7.33	$466.38M	$0.96	53.42
Casella Waste Systems	$1.56B	4.63	$13.54M	$0.23	495.61

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROL or CWST?

Casella Waste Systems received 47 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.13% of users gave Casella Waste Systems an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rollins	Outperform Votes 332 61.60%	Underperform Votes 207 38.40%
Casella Waste Systems	Outperform Votes 379 64.13%	Underperform Votes 212 35.87%

Do analysts prefer ROL or CWST?

Rollins currently has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.39%. Casella Waste Systems has a consensus target price of $117.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.30%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Rollins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Casella Waste Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media prefer ROL or CWST?

In the previous week, Rollins had 14 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Rollins and 15 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 0.19 indicating that Rollins is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rollins	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Casella Waste Systems	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Rollins beats Casella Waste Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.