WM vs. RSG, ROL, CLH, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, WCN, GFL, and QRHC
Should you be buying Waste Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Management include Republic Services (RSG), Rollins (ROL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Waste Connections (WCN), GFL Environmental (GFL), and Quest Resource (QRHC).
Waste Management vs.
Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Waste Management currently has a consensus target price of $235.94, suggesting a potential upside of 3.54%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $231.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.44%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.
Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Waste Management pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 35.7% 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 21 consecutive years and Republic Services has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Services. Waste Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Republic Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 2 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Waste Management and 42 mentions for Republic Services. Waste Management's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Republic Services' score of 0.95 indicating that Waste Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Waste Management received 105 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.81% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.72% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
Republic Services has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 12.45%. Waste Management's return on equity of 38.88% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
