Team (TISI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to WM or TISI?

In the previous week, Team had 10 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Team and 27 mentions for Waste Management. Team's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Waste Management's score of 0.91 indicating that Team is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Management	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Team	21 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WM or TISI?

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
Waste Management	$20.43B	4.16	$2.30B	$6.54	32.38
Team	$862.61M	0.08	-$75.72M	-$12.29	-1.30

Do analysts prefer WM or TISI?

Waste Management currently has a consensus price target of $230.72, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Team.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Management	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Team	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, WM or TISI?

Waste Management has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Team has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WM or TISI?

Waste Management received 338 more outperform votes than Team when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.70% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Team an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waste Management	Outperform Votes 597 66.70%	Underperform Votes 298 33.30%
Team	Outperform Votes 259 54.99%	Underperform Votes 212 45.01%

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

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Team shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Team shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WM or TISI 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
Waste Management	12.35%	39.88%	8.73%
Team	-6.35%	-152.34%	-7.88%

Summary

Waste Management beats Team on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.