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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COST Costco Wholesale	$992.18 +0.5%	$1,005.48	$793.00 ▼ $1,078.24	$437.72B	0.97	2.07 million shs	1.83 million shs
PRU Prudential Financial	$106.48 -2.4%	$104.93	$90.38 ▼ $130.55	$38.61B	1.07	1.66 million shs	1.40 million shs
WM Waste Management	$226.79 -0.1%	$232.83	$196.59 ▼ $242.58	$91.39B	0.64	1.63 million shs	1.52 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
COST Costco Wholesale	0.00%	+0.11%	-2.82%	+8.60%	+11.36%
PRU Prudential Financial	0.00%	+2.36%	+3.76%	+14.52%	-6.20%
WM Waste Management	0.00%	-0.75%	-4.19%	+2.82%	+7.65%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
COST Costco Wholesale	4.499 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	3.3	1.5	2.8	2.5	1.3
PRU Prudential Financial	4.966 of 5 stars	3.1	5.0	2.5	3.6	3.9	2.5	2.5
WM Waste Management	4.8577 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	4.2	3.2	3.1	2.5	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
COST Costco Wholesale	2.69	Moderate Buy	$1,034.79	4.29% Upside
PRU Prudential Financial	2.15	Hold	$121.15	13.78% Upside
WM Waste Management	2.78	Moderate Buy	$251.00	10.68% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WM, COST, and PRU Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/7/2025	PRU Prudential Financial	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$109.00 ➝ $119.00
7/3/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Telsey Advisory Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$1,100.00
6/27/2025	WM Waste Management	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$260.00 ➝ $265.00
6/26/2025	WM Waste Management	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$229.00
6/26/2025	WM Waste Management	CIBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$244.00 ➝ $250.00
6/25/2025	WM Waste Management	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$251.00 ➝ $255.00
6/25/2025	WM Waste Management	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$241.00 ➝ $245.00
6/25/2025	WM Waste Management	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
6/17/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$1,075.00 ➝ $1,060.00
6/9/2025	WM Waste Management	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy	$263.00
6/9/2025	WM Waste Management	Melius Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy

(Data available from 7/7/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
COST Costco Wholesale	$268.78B	1.64	$21.32 per share	46.53	$53.28 per share	18.62
PRU Prudential Financial	$60.62B	0.62	$13.63 per share	7.81	$79.18 per share	1.34
WM Waste Management	$22.92B	3.98	$13.22 per share	17.15	$20.57 per share	11.03

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
COST Costco Wholesale	$7.37B	$17.63	56.28	50.39	6.14	2.92%	30.48%	10.52%	9/25/2025 (Estimated)
PRU Prudential Financial	$2.73B	$6.31	16.87	6.98	1.04	3.84%	15.84%	0.64%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
WM Waste Management	$2.75B	$6.63	34.21	25.89	3.00	11.67%	35.67%	7.31%	7/28/2025 (Confirmed)

Latest WM, COST, and PRU Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	PRU Prudential Financial	$3.43	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.47 billion	N/A
7/28/2025	Q2 2025	WM Waste Management	$1.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.37 billion	N/A
5/29/2025	Q3 2025	COST Costco Wholesale	$4.24	$4.28	+$0.04	$4.28	$62.93 billion	$63.21 billion
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	PRU Prudential Financial	$3.18	$3.29	+$0.11	$1.96	$14.76 billion	$13.61 billion
4/28/2025	Q1 2025	WM Waste Management	$1.59	$1.67	+$0.08	$1.58	$6.14 billion	$6.02 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.20	0.52%	N/A	29.50%	22 Years
PRU Prudential Financial	$5.40	5.07%	N/A	85.58%	2 Years
WM Waste Management	$3.30	1.46%	N/A	49.77%	22 Years

Latest WM, COST, and PRU Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/12/2025	WM Waste Management	quarterly	$0.8250	1.46%	6/6/2025	6/6/2025	6/20/2025
5/6/2025	PRU Prudential Financial	quarterly	$1.35	5.3%	5/20/2025	5/20/2025	6/12/2025
4/16/2025	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.30	0.54%	5/2/2025	5/2/2025	5/16/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
COST Costco Wholesale	0.21	1.02	0.52
PRU Prudential Financial	0.65	0.17	0.17
WM Waste Management	2.65	0.83	0.79

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
PRU Prudential Financial	56.83%
WM Waste Management	80.40%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	0.18%
PRU Prudential Financial	0.25%
WM Waste Management	0.18%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	333,000	443.48 million	442.68 million	Optionable
PRU Prudential Financial	38,196	354.00 million	353.12 million	Optionable
WM Waste Management	61,700	402.41 million	401.68 million	Optionable

WM, COST, and PRU Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Ninety One North America Inc. Cuts Stock Holdings in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 7 at 8:49 AM | marketbeat.com

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) Shares Acquired by Capital Management Associates Inc

July 7 at 8:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Financial Counselors Inc. Lowers Position in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 7 at 7:06 AM | marketbeat.com

Capital Advisors Inc. OK Purchases 7,828 Shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 7 at 6:21 AM | marketbeat.com

Truist Financial Corp Increases Stake in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 7 at 5:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Waste Management Stocks To Research - July 6th

July 6 at 3:32 PM | marketbeat.com

Core Alternative Capital Sells 7,420 Shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 6 at 7:26 AM | marketbeat.com

Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 6 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Has $630.50 Million Position in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 6 at 6:49 AM | marketbeat.com

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July 5 at 3:44 PM | marketbeat.com

SL Advisors LLC Has $1.79 Million Stock Position in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 5 at 8:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Impax Asset Management Group plc Has $349.75 Million Stock Holdings in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 5 at 6:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Brookstone Capital Management Increases Stake in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 5 at 6:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Kintegral Advisory LLC Sells 1,162 Shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 5 at 6:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) Shares Sold by Principal Financial Group Inc.

July 5 at 5:30 AM | marketbeat.com

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July 4 at 4:31 PM | marketbeat.com

Arlington Transitions To New Trash Collector

July 4 at 10:02 AM | patch.com

IFM Investors Pty Ltd Buys 15,813 Shares of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 4 at 8:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Hartline Investment Corp Grows Position in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 4 at 7:45 AM | marketbeat.com

Silver Oak Securities Incorporated Has $1.97 Million Holdings in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 4 at 7:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Calamos Advisors LLC Increases Stock Position in Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

July 4 at 7:03 AM | marketbeat.com

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WM, COST, and PRU Company Descriptions

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$992.18 +5.16 (+0.52%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$990.76 -1.41 (-0.14%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Prudential Financial NYSE:PRU

$106.48 -2.60 (-2.38%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$106.96 +0.48 (+0.45%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Prudential Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through PGIM, Retirement Strategies, Group Insurance, Individual Life, and International Businesses segments. The PGIM segment offers investment management services and solutions related to public fixed income, public equity, real estate debt and equity, private credit and other alternatives, and multi-asset class strategies to institutional and retail clients, as well as its general account. The Retirement Strategies segment provides a range of retirement investment, and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors; develops and distributes individual variable and fixed annuity products. The Group Insurance segment offers various group life, and long-term and short-term group disability, as well as group corporate-, bank-, and trust-owned life insurance in the United States primarily for institutional clients for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans; sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other supplemental health solutions; and plan administration services in connection with its insurance coverages. The Individual Life segment develops and distributes variable life, universal life, and term life insurance products. The International Businesses segment develops and distributes life insurance, retirement products, investment products, and certain accident and health products; and advisory services. The company provides its products and services to individual and institutional customers through its proprietary and third-party distribution networks. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

Waste Management NYSE:WM

$226.79 -0.31 (-0.14%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$227.00 +0.21 (+0.09%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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