REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. vs Waste Connections, Inc., two Waste Management stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where RSG and WCN diverge most: on altman z (solvency), RSG reads 7.06 and WCN reads 2.57; on revenue growth, RSG reads +2.8% and WCN reads +5.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's RSG price has a different growth bar priced in than WCN (+5.1% implied for RSG vs +10.0% for WCN); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | RSG | WCN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $216.85 | $152.84 |
| Market cap | $66.7B | $38.8B |
| Sector | Waste Management | Waste Management |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.1% | +10.0% |
| P/E | 30.7 | 36.8 |
| P/B | 5.54 | 4.90 |
| P/S | 3.45 | 3.97 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.4 | 16.3 |
| Revenue growth | +2.8% | +5.7% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 17.1% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 18.2% | 13.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | 7.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.17 | 1.17 |
| Current ratio | 0.64 | 0.66 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.06 | 2.57 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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