Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

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

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

90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Clean Harbors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rollins shares are held by 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors received 256 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.06% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 61.93% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 583 72.06%	Underperform Votes 226 27.94%
Rollins	Outperform Votes 327 61.93%	Underperform Votes 201 38.07%

Do analysts recommend CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors currently has a consensus price target of $271.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.18%. Rollins has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Clean Harbors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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%

Does the media favor CLH or ROL?

In the previous week, Rollins had 17 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Rollins and 12 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Rollins' score of 0.47 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rollins	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and 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	2.23	$377.86M	$7.68	31.18
Rollins	$3.07B	7.60	$434.96M	$0.96	50.23

Summary

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