Stericycle (SRCL) Competitors

Stericycle (NASDAQ:SRCL) and Sharps Compliance (NASDAQ:SMED) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SRCL or SMED?

Sharps Compliance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stericycle. Sharps Compliance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stericycle, 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
Stericycle	$2.66B	2.16	-$21.40M	$0.38	163.11
Sharps Compliance	$76.42M	2.22	$12.87M	$0.31	28.23

Is SRCL or SMED more profitable?

Sharps Compliance has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Stericycle's net margin of 0.77%. Stericycle's return on equity of 5.78% beat Sharps Compliance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stericycle	0.77%	5.78%	2.69%
Sharps Compliance	7.88%	5.48%	3.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SRCL or SMED?

Stericycle received 221 more outperform votes than Sharps Compliance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.53% of users gave Stericycle an outperform vote while only 49.59% of users gave Sharps Compliance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stericycle	Outperform Votes 462 57.53%	Underperform Votes 341 42.47%
Sharps Compliance	Outperform Votes 241 49.59%	Underperform Votes 245 50.41%

Do analysts recommend SRCL or SMED?

Stericycle presently has a consensus price target of $74.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.39%. Given Stericycle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Stericycle is more favorable than Sharps Compliance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stericycle	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
Sharps Compliance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SRCL or SMED?

98.8% of Stericycle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.1% of Sharps Compliance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Stericycle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Sharps Compliance shares are owned by 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.

Does the media favor SRCL or SMED?

In the previous week, Stericycle had 4 more articles in the media than Sharps Compliance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Stericycle and 0 mentions for Sharps Compliance. Stericycle's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Sharps Compliance's score of 0.00 indicating that Stericycle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Stericycle	Positive
Sharps Compliance	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SRCL or SMED?

Stericycle has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sharps Compliance has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Stericycle beats Sharps Compliance on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.