REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. vs WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, two Waste Management stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where RSG and WM diverge most: on altman z (solvency), RSG reads 7.06 and WM reads 2.55; on revenue growth, RSG reads +2.8% and WM reads +7.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's RSG price has a different growth bar priced in than WM (+5.1% implied for RSG vs +4.1% for WM); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What WM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | RSG | WM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $216.85 | $208.84 |
| Market cap | $66.7B | $84.0B |
| Sector | Waste Management | Waste Management |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.1% | +4.1% |
| P/E | 30.7 | 29.6 |
| P/B | 5.54 | 8.47 |
| P/S | 3.45 | 3.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.4 | 14.2 |
| Revenue growth | +2.8% | +7.3% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 18.8% |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity | 18.2% | 28.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | 12.2% |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.17 | 2.35 |
| Current ratio | 0.64 | 0.91 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.06 | 2.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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