Contrasting National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) & Waste Management (NYSE:WM)

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and National Waste Management (OTCMKTS:NWMH) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

80.4% of Waste Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 95.6% of National Waste Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Waste Management and National Waste Management, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Management	0	7	16	1	2.75
National Waste Management	0	0	0	0	0.00

Waste Management presently has a consensus price target of $253.55, indicating a potential upside of 10.20%. Given Waste Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Waste Management is more favorable than National Waste Management.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Waste Management and National Waste Management”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waste Management	$25.20 billion	3.68	$2.71 billion	$6.70	34.34
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Waste Management has higher revenue and earnings than National Waste Management.

Profitability

This table compares Waste Management and National Waste Management’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Management	10.74%	32.45%	6.67%
National Waste Management	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Waste Management beats National Waste Management on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About National Waste Management

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. operates as a waste management company in Upstate New York and Central Florida. The company offers construction and demolition landfill services; and commercial and residential dumpster services and roll-off boxes for construction and clean-up projects specializing in the removal of debris, garbage, waste, hauling construction, and demolition debris. It also provides trash collection services, roll-off services, and a full service transfer station; and wood grinding, demolition, mulch, and gravel services for the industrial and residential markets. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hernando, Florida.