Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors currently has a consensus target price of $266.56, suggesting a potential upside of 32.95%. Rollins has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.55%. Given Clean Harbors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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 believe in CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors received 261 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.23% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 593 72.23%	Underperform Votes 228 27.77%
Rollins	Outperform Votes 332 61.48%	Underperform Votes 208 38.52%

Which has more risk and volatility, CLH or ROL?

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CLH or ROL?

In the previous week, Rollins had 15 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Rollins and 21 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Rollins' score of 0.43 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rollins	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CLH or ROL more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Clean Harbors' net margin of 6.83%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.94% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clean Harbors	6.83%	16.33%	5.60%
Rollins	13.76%	37.94%	17.33%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rollins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger 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	$5.89B	1.83	$377.86M	$7.42	27.02
Rollins	$3.39B	7.49	$466.38M	$0.96	54.47

Summary

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