Head-To-Head Contrast: Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) vs. Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR)

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) and Cimpress (NASDAQ:CMPR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

99.5% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Cimpress shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Casella Waste Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Cimpress shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Casella Waste Systems and Cimpress”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casella Waste Systems	$1.84 billion	3.19	$7.87 million	$0.09	1,022.33
Cimpress	$3.74 billion	0.57	$95.87 million	$3.77	23.25

Cimpress has higher revenue and earnings than Casella Waste Systems. Cimpress 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.

Volatility & Risk

Casella Waste Systems has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cimpress has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Casella Waste Systems and Cimpress’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casella Waste Systems	0.29%	5.32%	2.49%
Cimpress	2.57%	-18.83%	4.75%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Casella Waste Systems and Cimpress, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casella Waste Systems	1	2	7	1	2.73
Cimpress	0	2	3	0	2.60

Casella Waste Systems presently has a consensus price target of $109.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.28%. Cimpress has a consensus price target of $114.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.60%. Given Cimpress’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cimpress is more favorable than Casella Waste Systems.

Summary

Cimpress beats Casella Waste Systems on 8 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 Cimpress

Cimpress plc provides various mass customization of printing and related products in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Vista, PrintBrothers, The Print Group, National Pen, and All Other Businesses. It offers printed and digital marketing products; internet-based canvas-print wall décor, business signage, and other printed products; business cards; and marketing materials, such as flyers and postcards, digital and marketing services, writing instruments, decorated apparel, promotional products and gifts, packaging, design services, textiles, and magazines and catalogs. The company also manufactures and markets custom writing instruments and promotional products, apparels, and gifts; and provides professional desktop publishing skill sets for local printers, print resellers, graphic artists, advertising agencies, and other customers. In addition, it offers graphic design services, do-it-yourself (DIY) design services, website services, and corporate solutions under the VistaPrint, VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista, Vista Corporate Solutions, and Vista x Wix brand names; and online printing solutions. Further, the company provides promotional and packaging products, logo apparel, books and magazines, wall decors, photo merchandise, invitations and announcements, and other categories; website design and hosting, and email marketing services, as well as order referral and other third-party offerings. The company serves various businesses, graphic designers, resellers, and printers, as well as teams, associations, groups, consumers, and families. Cimpress plc was founded in 1994 and is based in Dundalk, Ireland.