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 given a dividend of $0.465 per share on Friday, June 22nd. This represents a $1.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.25%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 7th. View Waste Management's Dividend History.

Waste Management announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, December 15th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,250,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 26th. The business services provider reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $3.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.71 billion. Waste Management had a return on equity of 26.73% and a net margin of 14.06%. Waste Management's revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.84 earnings per share. View Waste Management's Earnings History.

Waste Management is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Waste Management.

9 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Waste Management's stock. Their predictions range from $83.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Waste Management's share price to reach $90.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Waste Management.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waste Management in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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).

News headlines about WM stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Waste Management earned a media sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 49.15 out of 100, indicating that recent news 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 Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.08%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.05%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.04%) and Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.04%). 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 and Puneet Bhasin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waste Management.

WM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Hartford Investment Management Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Retirement Systems of Alabama and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. 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 J Morris, Nikolaj H Sjoqvist and Patrick W Gross. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waste Management.

WM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., DnB Asset Management AS and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. 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 $82.69.

Waste Management has a market capitalization of $35.65 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]