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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 14th. Investors 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 yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 7th. View Waste Management's Dividend History.

Waste Management declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Friday, December 15th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 net margin of 14.06% and a return on equity of 26.73%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.66 earnings per share. 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 EPS estimate of $4.00.

9 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Waste Management's shares. Their forecasts range from $83.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Waste Management's stock price to reach $90.75 in the next twelve months. 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 Services (ADSW), US Ecology (ECOL), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), China Industrial Waste Management (CIWT) and Alanco Technologies (ALAN).

Headlines about WM stock have trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Waste Management earned a media sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 45.72 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Waste Management's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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., Principal Financial Group Inc., Element Capital Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Valueinvest Asset Management S.A. and Northern Trust Corp. 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 bought 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 $81.88.

Waste Management has a market capitalization of $35.05 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]