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RSG vs. CWST, CLH, MMC, WCN, WM, ROL, TTEK, ABM, TISI, and XYL

Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Clean Harbors (CLH), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Waste Connections (WCN), Waste Management (WM), Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), and Xylem (XYL).

Republic Services vs. Its Competitors

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

In the previous week, Republic Services had 24 more articles in the media than Casella Waste Systems. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Republic Services and 9 mentions for Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Casella Waste Systems' score of 0.57 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Casella Waste Systems
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Republic Services
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Casella Waste Systems presently has a consensus target price of $123.17, indicating a potential upside of 39.68%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $261.72, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. Given Casella Waste Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Casella Waste Systems is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Casella Waste Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Republic Services has higher revenue and earnings than Casella Waste Systems. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casella Waste Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Casella Waste Systems$1.56B3.60$13.54M$0.18489.89
Republic Services$16.03B4.42$2.04B$6.7633.59

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.97% compared to Casella Waste Systems' net margin of 0.64%. Republic Services' return on equity of 18.27% beat Casella Waste Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Casella Waste Systems0.64% 4.97% 2.40%
Republic Services 12.97%18.27%6.48%

Summary

Republic Services beats Casella Waste Systems on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RSG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RSG vs. The Competition

MetricRepublic ServicesWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.87B$10.98B$26.49B$21.59B
Dividend Yield1.03%1.19%2.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio33.5838.3027.3030.15
Price / Sales4.4215.56728.1353.99
Price / Cash18.4916.7727.5324.68
Price / Book6.233.967.884.59
Net Income$2.04B$245.70M$198.32M$999.97M
7 Day Performance-2.36%1.89%2.09%0.62%
1 Month Performance-2.29%16.65%20.83%5.22%
1 Year Performance13.99%6.58%52.72%15.65%

Republic Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RSG
Republic Services
4.9541 of 5 stars
$227.04
+0.3%
$261.72
+15.3%
+12.2%$70.87B$16.03B33.5842,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
4.0866 of 5 stars
$93.24
-1.5%
$123.17
+32.1%
-18.0%$5.92B$1.56B518.005,100Short Interest ↑
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.6298 of 5 stars
$238.44
+0.9%
$263.40
+10.5%
-2.2%$12.79B$5.89B33.4922,796Positive News
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.9767 of 5 stars
$203.33
-0.2%
$238.76
+17.4%
-13.4%$99.96B$24.46B24.3890,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WCN
Waste Connections
4.9351 of 5 stars
$178.44
-0.5%
$215.00
+20.5%
-4.4%$45.88B$8.92B71.9523,854Analyst Forecast
WM
Waste Management
4.7843 of 5 stars
$219.03
-0.5%
$254.35
+16.1%
+6.2%$88.23B$22.06B32.5061,700Analyst Forecast
ROL
Rollins
3.9913 of 5 stars
$57.12
+1.1%
$61.40
+7.5%
+9.3%$27.68B$3.39B56.5620,265Trending News
TTEK
Tetra Tech
3.9014 of 5 stars
$35.71
-1.1%
$41.67
+16.7%
-22.1%$9.38B$5.20B44.6430,000Positive News
ABM
ABM Industries
4.8638 of 5 stars
$46.80
-3.0%
$55.67
+19.0%
-11.5%$2.91B$8.36B25.43117,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TISI
Team
0.4834 of 5 stars
$19.34
+0.6%
N/A+21.8%$87.03M$852.27M-1.655,400Trending News
XYL
Xylem
4.6819 of 5 stars
$139.91
-0.5%
$152.29
+8.8%
+5.9%$34.06B$8.56B36.3423,000Positive News

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