NYSE:WMWaste Management Stock Price, Forecast & News

Waste Management's stock was trading at $109.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WM shares have decreased by 4.5% and is now trading at $104.97. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waste Management in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Waste Management.

Waste Management is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Waste Management.

Waste Management will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The business services provider reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.93. The business services provider earned $3.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.73 billion. Waste Management had a net margin of 10.87% and a return on equity of 27.69%. The firm's revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.94 earnings per share. View Waste Management's earnings history.

Waste Management announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 12th. Investors of record on Friday, June 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.545 per share on Friday, June 19th. This represents a $2.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. View Waste Management's dividend history.

Waste Management declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, December 13th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

17 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Waste Management's shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Waste Management's share price to reach $116.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Waste Management.

Media headlines about WM stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Waste Management earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Waste Management.

Waste Management saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,570,000 shares, a decline of 12.1% from the May 31st total of 5,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,130,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Waste Management's Current Options Chain.

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Waste Management trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WM."

Waste Management's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.03%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Waste Management stock include Charles C Boettcher, Devina A Rankin, Frank M Clark, James C Fish Jr, Jeff M Harris, John J Morris, Leslie K Nagy, Michael J Watson, Patrick W Gross, Steve Batchelor and Tara J Hmmer. View institutional ownership trends for Waste Management.

WM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Waste Management company stock in the last year include Charles C Boettcher, Devina A Rankin, Frank M Clark, James C Fish Jr, John J Morris, Leslie K Nagy, Michael J Watson, Patrick W Gross, Steve Batchelor, and Tara J Hmmer. View insider buying and selling activity for Waste Management.

WM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, and M&R Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Waste Management.

Shares of WM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $104.97.

Waste Management has a market capitalization of $44.30 billion and generates $15.46 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.40 on an earnings per share basis. Waste Management employs 44,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for Waste Management is www.wm.com.

Waste Management's mailing address is 1001 FANNIN STREET, HOUSTON TX, 77002. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 713-512-6200 or via email at [email protected]