Civeo (NYSE:CVEO – Get Free Report) and Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings and profitability.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
81.4% of Civeo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Civeo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Civeo and Casella Waste Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Civeo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Casella Waste Systems | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.70 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Civeo and Casella Waste Systems”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Civeo | $638.85 million | 0.55 | -$20.07 million | ($1.17) | -29.08 |
| Casella Waste Systems | $1.84 billion | 3.09 | $7.87 million | $0.09 | 989.67 |
Casella Waste Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Civeo. Civeo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casella Waste Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Civeo and Casella Waste Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Civeo | -1.93% | -7.82% | -2.72% |
| Casella Waste Systems | 0.29% | 5.32% | 2.49% |
Risk & Volatility
Civeo has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Casella Waste Systems beats Civeo on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Civeo
Civeo Corporation provides hospitality services to the natural resource industry in Canada, Australia, and the United States. The company develops lodges and villages; and mobile assets, including modular, skid-mounted accommodation, and central facilities that provide short to medium-term accommodation needs. It offers food, housekeeping, and maintenance services, as well as laundry, facility management and maintenance, water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communication systems, security, and logistics services, and camp management services. In addition, the company provides development activities for workforce accommodation facilities, including site selection, permitting, engineering and design, manufacturing management, and site construction services, as well as lodging and catering services. It serves oil, mining, engineering, and oilfield and mining service companies. Civeo Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Casella Waste Systems
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company in the United States. It offers resource management services primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling, and organics services to residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers. The company provides non-hazardous solid waste services, including collections, transfer stations, recycling, and disposal operations. In addition, it markets materials, including fibers, corrugated cardboard, newsprint, plastics, glass, ferrous, and aluminum metals. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Rutland, Vermont.
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