Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Is ROL or CLH more profitable?

Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Rollins' net margin of 6.85%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 37.73% beat Rollins' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rollins	13.94%	37.73%	17.14%
Clean Harbors	6.85%	16.97%	5.85%

Which has more risk and volatility, ROL or CLH?

Rollins has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ROL or CLH?

In the previous week, Rollins had 4 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Rollins and 6 mentions for Clean Harbors. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Clean Harbors' score of 0.52 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rollins	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Clean Harbors	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ROL or CLH?

Rollins has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rollins	$3.16B	6.99	$434.96M	$0.89	51.34
Clean Harbors	$5.41B	2.16	$377.86M	$6.91	31.34

Do analysts recommend ROL or CLH?

Rollins currently has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $216.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.09%. Given Clean Harbors' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rollins is more favorable than Clean Harbors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rollins	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROL or CLH?

Clean Harbors received 243 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rollins	Outperform Votes 320 62.02%	Underperform Votes 196 37.98%
Clean Harbors	Outperform Votes 563 71.45%	Underperform Votes 225 28.55%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ROL or CLH?

51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Rollins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Clean Harbors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Rollins on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.