CLH vs. SRCL, CNM, WPP, PCOR, ESTC, DOCU, IPG, AFRM, APG, and WEX
Should you be buying Clean Harbors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Harbors include Stericycle (SRCL), Core & Main (CNM), WPP (WPP), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Elastic (ESTC), DocuSign (DOCU), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Affirm (AFRM), APi Group (APG), and WEX (WEX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) and Stericycle (NASDAQ:SRCL) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Stericycle shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Stericycle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Stericycle had 20 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Stericycle and 8 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Stericycle's score of 0.21 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stericycle has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clean Harbors presently has a consensus target price of $207.90, indicating a potential upside of 9.80%. Stericycle has a consensus target price of $59.40, indicating a potential upside of 32.80%. Given Stericycle's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stericycle is more favorable than Clean Harbors.
Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.99% compared to Stericycle's net margin of -0.74%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 17.83% beat Stericycle's return on equity.
Clean Harbors received 96 more outperform votes than Stericycle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.23% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 59.10% of users gave Stericycle an outperform vote.
Clean Harbors has higher revenue and earnings than Stericycle. Stericycle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Harbors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Clean Harbors beats Stericycle on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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