LODE vs WM Stock Comparison

Comstock and Waste Management Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LODE Comstock Inc.
$1.71 -36.2% 1M -42.4% 1Y
Market cap
$128.50M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.01M
Div. yield
–
Solid Waste Industrials
WM Waste Management Inc
$239.38 +15.1% 1M +10.8% 1Y
Market cap
$96.86B
P/E
34.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.67B
Div. yield
0.01%
Solid Waste Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Waste Management leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Waste Management 7). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLODEWMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $128.50M $96.86B WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.1x 34.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.7x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -69.1% +7.2% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6,012.3% 11.1% WM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.7% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.4% +10.8% WM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -41.2%/yr +7.8%/yr WM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 80.3% 21.3% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 21/100 54/100 WM

Percentile Scorecard

LODEWM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLODEWM
Valuation 7 #15 of 16 47 #9 of 16
Growth 15 #12 of 14 77 #4 of 14
Profitability 8 #13 of 14 92 #2 of 14
Financial Health 73 #5 of 16 13 #14 of 16
Shareholder Returns 0 #8 of 8 43 #5 of 8
Overall 21 54
  • LODE ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLODEWMSPY
1 month -36.2%+15.1% -1.0%
3 months -42.8%+0.2% +2.9%
6 months -47.4%+4.3% +6.4%
Year to date -54.5%+9.0% +11.4%
1 year -42.4%+10.8% +13.1%
3 years -58.3%+54.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year -25.3%+15.7% +21.5%
5 years -92.9%+45.6% +67.7%
5 years, per year -41.2%+7.8% +10.9%
10 years -97.6%+284.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year -31.3%+14.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureLODEWMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 80.3%21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 81.9%20.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.09-0.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.530.51 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.3%-18.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -64.2%-2.9% -2.5%
52-week high $4.77$246.51 $779.14
52-week low $1.71$196.77 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLODEWM
P/E now vs peer median -2.1xmedian 33.8x 33.7xmedian 33.8x
P/S now vs peer median 128.0xmedian 3.4x 3.7xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -1.7xmedian 15.8x 15.8xmedian 15.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.3xmedian 18.4x 26.8xmedian 18.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 3.1x 9.6xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.09median 4.14 4.14median 4.14

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLODEWM
Revenue $1.01M $25.67B
Gross profit -$1.68M $10.49B
Operating income -$59.32M $4.51B
Net income -$61.13M $2.85B
Free cash flow -$39.16M $3.57B
R&D $11.28M –
EPS (diluted) $-1.66 $7.09
Cash & equivalents $31.41M $557.00M
Total debt – $93.65B
Shares (diluted) 36.71M 402.40M
Enterprise value -$4.54M $95.77B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLODEWM
P/E -2.1x 33.7x
P/FCF -3.3x 26.8x
P/Operating cash flow -4.3x 14.7x
P/S 128.0x 3.7x
P/B 0.9x 9.6x
P/Tangible book 1.0x 15.2x
EV/EBITDA -1.7x 15.8x
EV/EBIT -1.7x 26.3x
EV/Revenue 97.0x 4.6x
EV/FCF -2.5x 33.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.2x 18.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.09 4.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLODEWM
Revenue growth (1Y) -69.1% 7.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 95.1% 8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -248.9% -18.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -34.3% 7.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -43.3% 9.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -11.6% 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -17.9% 7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 49.5% 5.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.0% 8.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -70.7% 15.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -40.2% 14.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -105.4% 65.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.3% 33.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLODEWM
Gross margin -165.6% 40.9%
EBITDA margin -5,651% 29.3%
Operating margin -5,846% 17.6%
Pretax margin -5,767% 14.1%
Net margin -6,012% 11.1%
FCF margin -3,860% 13.9%
Operating cash flow margin -3,009% 25.4%
Return on equity -40.7% 28.6%
Return on assets -29.7% 6.2%
Return on invested capital – 10.7%
Return on capital employed -31.6% 11.2%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 63.9% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLODEWM
Debt / assets – 50.3%
Debt / equity – 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x
Debt / FCF – 6.5x
Liabilities / assets 27.3% 78.6%
Equity / assets 72.7% 21.4%
Interest coverage -68.6x –
Current ratio 3.2x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.8x
Cash ratio 1.7x 0.1x
Altman Z-score -2.28 2.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLODEWM
Dividend yield – 1.5%
Net buyback yield -75.2% 1.0%
Shareholder yield -75.2% 2.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 50.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 40.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 12.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLODEWM
Forward P/E – 27.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.62FY2026 $8.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +15.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +9.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.79MFY2026 $25.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +208.8%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +827.1% +12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLODEWM
Held by institutions 57.0% 82.3%
Institutions holding 107 2,348
Change in shares held, QoQ +21.1% +0.8%
Institutions buying 67 1,094
Institutions selling 22 901
Buyers to sellers 3.05 1.21

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LODEWM
LODE 1.00 -0.02
WM -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LODE and WM?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Comstock (LODE) $128.50M, Waste Management (WM) $96.86B.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Management (WM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Comstock (LODE) -69.1%, Waste Management (WM) +7.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Waste Management (WM) has the highest net margin (Comstock (LODE) -6,012.3%, Waste Management (WM) 11.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Waste Management (WM) returned the most: Comstock (LODE) -42.4%, Waste Management (WM) +10.8%. Over five years, Waste Management (WM) compounded fastest (Comstock (LODE) -41.2%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Comstock (LODE) 0.00%, Waste Management (WM) 0.01%. Comstock (LODE) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Comstock (LODE) 80.3%, Waste Management (WM) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do LODE and WM move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of -0.02, a negative relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, LODE and WM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Waste Management (WM) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.