Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look ...

Waste Management ... showing no stock price growth, while the industry posted a modest 2.7% gain. The company’s performance lags behind key competitors such as Republic Services RSG, which ...

Waste Connections has a forward P/E ratio of 44 while Republic has 33. Most analysts have a bullish view of Waste Management ...

However, in order to get a better idea of how it actually measures up, I compared the ROIC 5 and 10-year averages to its two closest competitors, Waste Management, Inc. (WM) and Republic Services ...

Price to Sales (P/S) Ratio: With a higher-than-average P/S ratio of 3.98, Waste Management's stock is perceived as being overvalued in the market, particularly in relation to sales performance.