ROL vs. WM, RSG, CLH, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, ABNB, APG, and FTDR
Should you be buying Rollins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rollins include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Airbnb (ABNB), APi Group (APG), and Frontdoor (FTDR).
Rollins vs.
Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Waste Management received 272 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.74% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.
Rollins has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Rollins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Rollins pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Waste Management has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Rollins. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rollins currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.37%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $236.65, suggesting a potential upside of 3.27%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Rollins.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.76% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 12.45%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.94% beat Waste Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 14 more articles in the media than Rollins. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Waste Management and 43 mentions for Rollins. Waste Management's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Rollins' score of 0.48 indicating that Waste Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Waste Management beats Rollins on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ROL) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
