Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CWST or ROL?

99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Rollins shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CWST or ROL?

Casella Waste Systems presently has a consensus target price of $122.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.64%. Rollins has a consensus target price of $52.83, suggesting a potential downside of 5.20%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Rollins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casella Waste Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, CWST or ROL?

Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CWST or ROL?

In the previous week, Rollins had 3 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Rollins and 28 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 0.18 indicating that Rollins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casella Waste Systems	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Rollins	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CWST or ROL?

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
Casella Waste Systems	$1.56B	4.77	$13.54M	$0.23	509.70
Rollins	$3.39B	7.98	$466.38M	$0.96	58.05

Is CWST or ROL 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
Casella Waste Systems	0.87%	4.15%	1.88%
Rollins	13.76%	37.94%	17.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CWST or ROL?

Casella Waste Systems received 49 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.25% of users gave Casella Waste Systems an outperform vote while only 61.37% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Casella Waste Systems	Outperform Votes 381 64.25%	Underperform Votes 212 35.75%
Rollins	Outperform Votes 332 61.37%	Underperform Votes 209 38.63%

Summary

Rollins beats Casella Waste Systems on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.