RSG vs. WM, WCN, SPOT, MRVL, TT, CPRT, NU, TRI, PLTR, and SQ
Should you be buying Republic Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Republic Services include Waste Management (WM), Waste Connections (WCN), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Trane Technologies (TT), Copart (CPRT), NU (NU), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), and Block (SQ). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) and Waste Management (NYSE:WM) 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 profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, Waste Management had 32 more articles in the media than Republic Services. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Waste Management and 10 mentions for Republic Services. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Waste Management's score of 0.53 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Republic Services has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waste Management received 97 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 65.08% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
Republic Services currently has a consensus price target of $199.77, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Waste Management has a consensus price target of $214.21, suggesting a potential upside of 1.28%. Given Republic Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.
57.7% of Republic Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Waste Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Management has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Republic Services' net margin of 11.57%. Waste Management's return on equity of 38.61% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Management pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Republic Services pays out 39.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Management pays out 49.1% 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.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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