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The top garbage stocks included on this page all trade on the S&P 500, have an analyst recommendation of "Buy" or better and are sorted by year-to-date performance.
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Waste Management, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, recovery facility, or disposal site; owns and operates transfer stations; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas.
Waste Management stock opened the day at $244.99 after a previous close of $0.00. The latest price was $243.83 (25-minute delay). Waste Management is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD26.1 billion and employs 60,500 staff.
Republic Services, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, offers environmental services in the United States and Canada. It is involved in the collection and processing of recyclable, solid waste, and industrial waste materials; transportation and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous waste streams; and other environmental solutions.
Republic Services stock opened the day at $254.49 after a previous close of $0.00. The latest price was $252.99 (25-minute delay). Republic Services is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$17.2 billion and employs 42,000 staff.
Clean Harbors, Inc. provides environmental and industrial services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments: Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions.
Clean Harbors stock opened the day at $291.73 after a previous close of $290.02. The latest price was $293.84 (25-minute delay). Clean Harbors is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$6.6 billion and employs 22,155 staff.
Stericycle, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides regulated waste and compliance services in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers regulated waste and compliance services, including regulated medical waste, sharps waste management and disposal, pharmaceutical waste management and disposal, chemotherapy waste and disposal, controlled substance waste disposal, healthcare hazardous waste, and integrated waste stream solutions; specialty services, such as MedDrop medication collection kiosks, safe community solutions, SafeDrop sharps mailback solutions, and airport and maritime waste services; medical supply store services, that includes sharps and disposable biohazardous waste containers, infection control supplies, and seal&send medication mail back; and compliance solutions including Steri-Safe compliance solutions.
Stericycle stock opened the day at $61.98 after a previous close of $61.98. The latest price was $61.98 (25-minute delay). Stericycle is listed on the OTCMKTS, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.6 billion and employs 13,095 staff.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company in the United States. The company offers resource management expertise and services primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling and organics services to residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers.
Casella Waste Systems stock opened the day at $99.64 after a previous close of $98.53. The latest price was $100.29 (25-minute delay). Casella Waste Systems is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2 billion and employs 5,600 staff.
Onterris, Inc. operates as an environmental services company in the United States, Australia, Canada, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Assessment, Permitting and Response; Measurement and Analysis; and Remediation and Reuse.
Montrose Environmental stock opened the day at $21.25 after a previous close of $22.14. The latest price was $22.14 (25-minute delay). Montrose Environmental is listed on the NYSE, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$830.5 million and employs 3,500 staff.
US Ecology, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, provides environmental services to commercial and government entities in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Waste Solutions, Field Services, and Energy Waste.
US Ecology stock opened the day at $0.00 after a previous close of $0.00. The latest price was $0.00 (25-minute delay). US Ecology is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1 billion and employs 3,600 staff.
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