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Waste Management (WM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$223.72 -0.60 (-0.27%)
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Key Stats

Today's Range
$222.77
$228.07
50-Day Range
$211.32
$242.22
52-Week Range
$194.11
$248.13
Volume
343,523 shs
Average Volume
2.17 million shs
Market Capitalization
$89.42 billion
P/E Ratio
31.72
Dividend Yield
1.69%
Price Target
$258.89
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) is a leading provider of integrated waste management and environmental services in North America. The company offers end-to-end solutions that span collection, transfer, disposal and recycling, along with landfill operations and related infrastructure. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Waste Management serves a broad customer base that includes residential, commercial, industrial and municipal clients.

Core services include curbside and commercial waste collection, roll-off and temporary container services, materials recovery and recycling, and engineered landfill disposal. In addition to traditional waste handling, the company develops and operates systems to capture and convert landfill gas into energy and renewable natural gas, and it manages facilities for organics processing and other resource recovery efforts.

Waste Management operates a network of transfer stations, recycling centers and landfill sites across the United States and Canada, providing regional and national capabilities for routing, disposal and materials marketing. The firm also offers value-added services focused on sustainability and regulatory compliance, supporting customers’ waste-reduction and diversion goals through program design, reporting and material processing.

Founded in 1968 and grown through an extensive program of acquisitions and network expansion, Waste Management has built an integrated platform for handling a wide range of waste streams. Jim C. Fish serves as president and chief executive officer, and the company emphasizes investments in technologies and operations intended to improve environmental performance and advance circular-economy outcomes for its customers and communities.

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Waste Management Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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93rd Percentile Overall Score

WM MarketRank™: 

Waste Management scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 91st out of 652 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Waste Management has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 13 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Waste Management has a consensus price target of $258.89, representing about 15.8% upside from its current price of $223.50.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Waste Management has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Waste Management's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Waste Management are expected to grow by 11.56% in the coming year, from $8.13 to $9.07 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Waste Management is 31.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.47.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Waste Management is 31.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 28.30.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Waste Management has a PEG Ratio of 2.77. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Waste Management has a P/B Ratio of 9.00. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.55% of the float of Waste Management has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Waste Management has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.74, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Waste Management has recently decreased by 2.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Waste Management pays a meaningful dividend of 1.68%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Waste Management has been increasing its dividend for 22 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Waste Management is 53.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Waste Management will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.68% next year. This indicates that Waste Management will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Waste Management's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Waste Management has a news sentiment score of 0.39. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 42 news articles for Waste Management this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 15 people have searched for WM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -44% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    23 people have added Waste Management to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 188% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Waste Management insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.18% of the stock of Waste Management is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    80.40% of the stock of Waste Management is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Waste Management's insider trading history.
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WM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Waste Management's stock was trading at $219.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WM stock has increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $223.5020.

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 28th. The business services provider reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.98 by $0.04. The business's revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Waste Management subsidiaries include Advanced Disposal Services, Anderson Rubbish Disposal, Illini Disposal, Deffenbaugh Industries Inc., Liquid Logistics, Summit Energy Services Inc, Greenstar Recycling LLC, and more.

Top institutional shareholders of Waste Management include Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.59%), Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. (0.14%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.13%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include James C Fish Jr, John J Morris, Tara J Hemmer, John C Pope, Charles C Boettcher, Michael J Watson, Rafael Carrasco, Christopher P Desantis, Johnson Varkey, John A Carroll, David L Reed, Donald J Smith, Kimberly G Stith, Maryrose Sylvester and Bruce E Chinn.
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Shares of WM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Waste Management investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Humana (HUM), Chevron (CVX), American Water Works (AWK), Verizon Communications (VZ), Waste Connections (WCN) and Meta Platforms (META).

Company Calendar

Record date for 6/18 Dividend
6/05/2026
Ex-Dividend for 6/18 Dividend
6/05/2026
Dividend Payable
6/18/2026
Last Earnings
7/28/2026
Today
8/06/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Commercial Services & Supplies
Sub-Industry
Environmental & Facilities Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:WM
CIK
823768
Employees
60,500
Year Founded
1968

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$277.00
Low Price Target
$230.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+15.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.65
Research Coverage
20 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$7.06
Trailing P/E Ratio
31.59
Forward P/E Ratio
27.48
P/E Growth
2.77
Net Income
$2.71 billion
Net Margins
11.11%
Pretax Margin
14.12%
Return on Equity
31.68%
Return on Assets
6.81%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
2.24
Current Ratio
0.91
Quick Ratio
0.87

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$25.20 billion
Price / Sales
3.54
Cash Flow
$14.86 per share
Price / Cash Flow
15.03
Book Value
$24.83 per share
Price / Book
9.00

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
399,710,000
Free Float
398,996,000
Market Cap
$89.29 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.44

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This page (NYSE:WM) was last updated on 8/6/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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