Stericycle (SRCL) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SMED or SRCL?

Stericycle has a consensus price target of $59.40, suggesting a potential upside of 15.25%. Given Sharps Compliance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stericycle is more favorable than Sharps Compliance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sharps Compliance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Stericycle	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media favor SMED or SRCL?

In the previous week, Stericycle had 3 more articles in the media than Sharps Compliance. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Stericycle and 1 mentions for Sharps Compliance. Sharps Compliance's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Stericycle's score of 0.00 indicating that Stericycle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sharps Compliance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Stericycle	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SMED or SRCL?

Sharps Compliance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stericycle. Stericycle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sharps Compliance, 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
Sharps Compliance	$76.42M	2.22	$12.87M	$0.31	28.23
Stericycle	$2.64B	1.81	-$21.40M	-$0.22	-234.27

Is SMED or SRCL more profitable?

Sharps Compliance has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Sharps Compliance's net margin of -0.74%. Sharps Compliance's return on equity of 7.31% beat Stericycle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sharps Compliance	7.88%	5.48%	3.71%
Stericycle	-0.74%	7.31%	3.44%

Which has more volatility and risk, SMED or SRCL?

Sharps Compliance has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stericycle has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SMED or SRCL?

Stericycle received 220 more outperform votes than Sharps Compliance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.10% of users gave Stericycle an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave Sharps Compliance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sharps Compliance	Outperform Votes 241 51.83%	Underperform Votes 224 48.17%
Stericycle	Outperform Votes 461 59.10%	Underperform Votes 319 40.90%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SMED or SRCL?

56.1% of Sharps Compliance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Stericycle shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Sharps Compliance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Stericycle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Stericycle beats Sharps Compliance on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.