NYSE:WM - Waste Management Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Waste Management announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.465 per share on Friday, June 22nd. This represents a $1.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View Waste Management's Dividend History.

Waste Management declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Friday, December 15th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.09. The business services provider earned $3.51 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.57 billion. Waste Management had a return on equity of 26.73% and a net margin of 14.06%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.66 EPS. View Waste Management's Earnings History.

Waste Management is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Waste Management.

Waste Management updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.97-4.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.00.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Waste Management's shares. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Waste Management's stock price to reach $90.75 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Waste Management.

Some companies that are related to Waste Management include Republic Services (RSG), Waste Connections (WCN), Veolia Environnement (VEOEY), Advanced Disposal (ADSW), American Ecology (ECOL), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), China Industrial Waste (CIWT) and Alanco Technologies (ALAN).

Media headlines about WM stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Waste Management earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the business services provider an impact score of 46.00 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Waste Management's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.21%), Northern Trust Corp (1.20%), Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (0.64%), AGF Investments Inc. (0.62%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.58%) and Swiss National Bank (0.54%). Company insiders that own Waste Management stock include Barry H Caldwell, Devina A Rankin, Don P Carpenter, Frank M Clark, James C Fish Jr, James E Trevathan Jr, Jeff M Harris, John C Pope, John J Morris, Mark E Schwartz, Nikolaj H Sjoqvist, Patrick W Gross, Puneet Bhasin and Thomas H Weidemeyer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waste Management.

WM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Element Capital Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Valueinvest Asset Management S.A., Northern Trust Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Waste Management company stock in the last year include Barry H Caldwell, Devina A Rankin, James C Fish Jr, Jeff M Harris, John C Pope, John J Morris, Nikolaj H Sjoqvist and Patrick W Gross. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waste Management.

WM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., WBI Investments Inc., OLD Republic International Corp, OLD Republic International Corp, Chilton Investment Co. LLC and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.48.

Waste Management has a market capitalization of $35.14 billion and generates $14.49 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $1.95 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.22 on an earnings per share basis. Waste Management employs 42,300 workers across the globe.

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]