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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis 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 authorized 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. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 20th. The business services provider reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.09. The business services provider had revenue of $3.51 billion for 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 issued an update on 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Waste Management's shares. Their predictions range from $83.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate 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 (ADSW), American Ecology (ECOL), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), China Industrial Waste (CIWT) and Alanco Technologies (ALAN).

News headlines about WM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Waste Management earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider an impact score of 46.77 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Waste Management's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional 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., 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 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 $81.79.

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]