WM vs. RSG, WCN, FI, ARM, ADP, TRI, TT, MRVL, SPOT, and CPRT
Should you be buying Waste Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Management include Republic Services (RSG), Waste Connections (WCN), Fiserv (FI), ARM (ARM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Trane Technologies (TT), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Spotify Technology (SPOT), and Copart (CPRT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
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 risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Republic Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers 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 11.81%. Waste Management's return on equity of 38.61% beat Republic Services' return on equity.
Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than Republic Services. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Management has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 12 more articles in the media than Waste Management. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Republic Services and 21 mentions for Waste Management. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Waste Management's score of 0.42 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Waste Management pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Republic Services pays out 37.5% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $216.24, suggesting a potential upside of 4.02%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $201.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Republic Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Republic Services is more favorable than Waste Management.
Waste Management received 97 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Waste Management an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Waste Management beats Republic Services on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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