Team (TISI) Competitors

Team (NYSE:TISI) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is TISI or WM more profitable?

Waste Management has a net margin of 12.35% compared to Team's net margin of -6.35%. Waste Management's return on equity of 39.88% beat Team's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Team	-6.35%	-152.34%	-7.88%
Waste Management	12.35%	39.88%	8.73%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TISI or WM?

46.6% of Team shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Team shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TISI or WM?

Waste Management received 334 more outperform votes than Team when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 54.70% of users gave Team an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Team	Outperform Votes 256 54.70%	Underperform Votes 212 45.30%
Waste Management	Outperform Votes 590 66.52%	Underperform Votes 297 33.48%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TISI or WM?

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Team. Team is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Management, 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
Team	$853.11M	0.09	-$75.72M	-$12.29	-1.34
Waste Management	$21.39B	4.11	$2.30B	$6.54	33.45

Does the media favor TISI or WM?

In the previous week, Waste Management had 8 more articles in the media than Team. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Waste Management and 21 mentions for Team. Team's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Waste Management's score of 0.80 indicating that Team is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Team	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Waste Management	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer TISI or WM?

Waste Management has a consensus price target of $226.11, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Team.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Team	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Waste Management	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has more volatility & risk, TISI or WM?

Team has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Waste Management beats Team on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.