Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST – Get Free Report) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Volatility and Risk
Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Casella Waste Systems and Enviri, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Casella Waste Systems | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2.92 |
| Enviri | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Casella Waste Systems and Enviri’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Casella Waste Systems | 0.38% | 5.19% | 2.48% |
| Enviri | -7.50% | -8.59% | -1.09% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Enviri shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Enviri shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Casella Waste Systems and Enviri”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Casella Waste Systems | $1.84 billion | 2.90 | $7.87 million | $0.11 | 760.45 |
| Enviri | $2.24 billion | 0.73 | -$167.60 million | ($2.08) | -9.47 |
Casella Waste Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enviri. Enviri 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.
Summary
Casella Waste Systems beats Enviri on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Enviri
Enviri Corporation provides environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Clean Earth. The Harsco Environmental segment offers on-site services under long-term contracts for material logistics, product quality improvement, and resource recovery for iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; manufactures and sells industrial abrasives, roofing granules, aluminum dross, and scrap processing systems; and meltshop and furnace services, such as under-vessel cleaning, removal of ladle slag, and general melt shop debris. This segment also produces and sells value-added downstream products from industrial waste-stream, including road surfacing and materials, such as slag-based asphalt product under the SteelPhal brand; abrasives and roofing materials under the BLACK BEAUTY and SURE/CUT brand names; Metallurgical Additives; agriculture and turf products comprising soil conditioners and fertilizers under the CrossOver and AgrowSil brands; and cement additives. The Clean Earth segment provides specialty waste processing, treatment, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for waste needs, such as hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated soils and dredged materials to industrial, retail, healthcare, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as Harsco Corporation and changed its name to Enviri Corporation in June 2023. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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