WCN vs. RSG, GFL, PAYX, FIS, SQ, PLTR, NU, IT, CPRT, and GPN
Should you be buying Waste Connections stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waste Connections include Republic Services (RSG), GFL Environmental (GFL), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Block (SQ), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), NU (NU), Gartner (IT), Copart (CPRT), and Global Payments (GPN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Waste Connections received 367 more outperform votes than Republic Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.18% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave Republic Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Republic Services had 9 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Republic Services and 6 mentions for Waste Connections. Republic Services' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.56 indicating that Republic Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Republic Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waste Connections currently has a consensus price target of $179.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.92%. Republic Services has a consensus price target of $201.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. Given Waste Connections' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Republic Services.
Republic Services has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Waste Connections' net margin of 9.70%. Republic Services' return on equity of 17.56% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Republic Services has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Republic Services has higher revenue and earnings than Waste Connections. Republic Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Republic Services pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Waste Connections pays out 37.0% 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.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Republic Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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