Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) and Rollins (NYSE:ROL) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CLH or ROL?

Rollins has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, 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
Clean Harbors	$5.80B	2.25	$377.86M	$7.68	31.48
Rollins	$3.07B	7.63	$434.96M	$0.96	50.42

Is CLH or ROL more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 14.18% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 7.19%. Rollins' return on equity of 38.67% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Harbors	7.19%	17.51%	6.01%
Rollins	14.18%	38.67%	17.40%

Do analysts rate CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors currently has a consensus target price of $269.44, indicating a potential upside of 11.43%. Rollins has a consensus target price of $51.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.40%. Given Clean Harbors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Clean Harbors is more favorable than Rollins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors received 256 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.13% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 585 72.13%	Underperform Votes 226 27.87%
Rollins	Outperform Votes 329 61.73%	Underperform Votes 204 38.27%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CLH or ROL?

90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rollins shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CLH or ROL?

In the previous week, Rollins had 9 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Rollins and 14 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Rollins' score of 0.28 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clean Harbors	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rollins	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Rollins on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.