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$218.78 -0.27 (-0.12%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WM vs. RSG, ROL, CLH, TTEK, CWST, SRCL, ABM, TISI, WCN, and GFL

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), Stericycle (SRCL), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Waste Connections (WCN), and GFL Environmental (GFL).

Waste Management vs.

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

Waste Management received 100 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.64% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Waste ManagementOutperform Votes
590
66.52%
Underperform Votes
297
33.48%
Republic ServicesOutperform Votes
490
64.64%
Underperform Votes
268
35.36%

Republic Services has a net margin of 12.46% compared to Waste Management's net margin of 12.35%. Waste Management's return on equity of 39.88% beat Republic Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Waste Management12.35% 39.88% 8.73%
Republic Services 12.46%18.18%6.26%

Waste Management currently has a consensus target price of $226.11, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Republic Services has a consensus target price of $215.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. Given Waste Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Waste Management is more favorable than Republic Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Waste Management
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Republic Services
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Management pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 37.1% 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 raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Waste Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Waste Management had 5 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Waste Management and 24 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Waste Management's score of 0.80 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Republic Services
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Waste Management has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Waste Management$21.39B4.11$2.30B$6.5433.45
Republic Services$15.82B4.21$1.73B$6.2534.02

Summary

Waste Management beats Republic Services on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WM vs. The Competition

MetricWaste ManagementRefuse systems IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$87.81B$19.14B$6.92B$19.90B
Dividend Yield1.38%1.25%2.92%3.54%
P/E Ratio33.45115.8945.3042.67
Price / Sales4.114.27203.6018.14
Price / Cash17.9517.0424.3317.85
Price / Book12.784.265.085.60
Net Income$2.30B$522.86M$120.92M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-3.05%-1.08%-1.12%-0.19%
1 Month Performance2.83%0.60%8.15%0.15%
1 Year Performance27.81%39.58%29.54%23.70%

Waste Management Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WM
Waste Management
4.8471 of 5 stars
$218.78
-0.1%
$226.11
+3.3%
+27.8%$87.92B$20.43B33.4548,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
RSG
Republic Services
4.7063 of 5 stars
$212.62
+0.8%
$215.71
+1.5%
+33.3%$66.05B$14.96B34.0241,000Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ROL
Rollins
3.6939 of 5 stars
$49.44
-0.1%
$49.83
+0.8%
+24.3%$23.98B$3.07B51.5019,031Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.2167 of 5 stars
$247.59
+0.3%
$254.33
+2.7%
+49.4%$13.35B$5.41B32.2421,021Insider Trade
Positive News
TTEK
Tetra Tech
3.6998 of 5 stars
$40.22
-1.3%
$49.32
+22.6%
+22.1%$10.90B$5.20B32.6527,000
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.4476 of 5 stars
$109.05
-0.3%
$111.50
+2.2%
+35.4%$6.90B$1.49B908.754,200
SRCL
Stericycle
3.5267 of 5 stars
$61.98
flat
$74.00
+19.4%
N/A$5.75B$2.66B163.1113,500Analyst Forecast
ABM
ABM Industries
4.2111 of 5 stars
$55.58
+0.4%
$55.33
-0.4%
+33.8%$3.49B$8.10B22.97123,000Positive News
TISI
Team
1.5099 of 5 stars
$16.41
+1.3%
N/A+134.4%$72.66M$862.61M0.005,400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5027 of 5 stars
$186.52
-0.5%
$195.56
+4.8%
+38.8%$48.39B$8.02B51.2422,539Analyst Revision
GFL
GFL Environmental
1.5828 of 5 stars
$45.27
-0.7%
$45.80
+1.2%
+50.9%$17.17B$5.57B0.0020,000

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This page (NYSE:WM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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