Waste Management, Inc. WM
At closeNov 5, 2026, 7:31 AM EST
Pre-market · Nov 5, 7:31 AM ET
- YTD
- +8.55%
- 1 year
- +18.84%
- Market cap
- 94.83B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 26.07B
- Profit margin
- 11.78%
- EPS (ttm)
- 7.62
- Shares out
- 397.63M
- P/E ratio
- 31.30
- Forward P/E
- 26.64
- Dividend
- 3.78 (1.59%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Sep 10, 2026
- YTD return
- +8.55%
- 1-year return
- +18.84%
- Volume
- 2.10M
- Avg volume
- 2.26M
- Open
- 237.13
- Previous close
- 234.67
- Day's range
- 233.87 – 239.38
- 52-week range
- 197.47 – 248.13
- Beta
- 0.39
- Analysts
- Buy
- Price target
- 255.36 (+7.1%)
- Earnings date
- Jan 27, 2027
5D +8.89 (+3.87%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 116.48B
- PEG ratio
- 2.22
- Price / sales
- 3.64
- Price / book
- 9.61
- Dividend yield
- 1.61%
- Payout ratio
- 48.03%
- Revenue growth
- 6.30%
- Free cash flow
- 2.48B
- Total cash
- 247.00M
- Total debt
- 23.41B
- Return on equity
- 31.68%
- Short % of float
- 1.89%
- 50-day average
- 218.27
- 200-day average
- 225.39
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
- Target (low)
- 220.00
- Target (mean)
- 255.36
- Target (high)
- 283.00
- Strong buy3
- Buy16
- Hold9
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Jan 27, 2027
Expected Jan 27, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 2.08.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2027 | Dec 30, 2026 | 2.06 | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 2.18 | 2.15 | -0.03 | -1.38% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 1.98 | 2.02 | +0.04 | +2.02% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 1.75 | 1.81 | +0.06 | +3.43% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 1.95 | 1.93 | -0.02 | -1.03% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 2.01 | 1.98 | -0.03 | -1.49% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | UBS | main | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 29, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 29, 2026 | RBC Capital | main | Sector Perform | Sector Perform |
| Oct 29, 2026 | BNP Paribas | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Barclays | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | main | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
About Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, recovery facility, or disposal site; owns and operates transfer stations; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas. It also operates materials processing and commodities recycling services, including cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; markets and resells recycling commodities; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company collects recyclable food and yard waste, as well as markets and sells mulch, compost, soil amendments, and renewable energy; offers remediation and construction, and industrial waste services; and manages and markets fly ash. Further, it provides Regulated Waste and Compliance Services (RWCS), which offers compliance programs, as well as collection, processing, and disposal of regulated and specialized waste, including medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste; and Secure Information Destruction (SID) services that include the collection of personal and confidential information for secure destruction and recycling of sorted office paper. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Houston, Texas.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Waste Management
- Country
- United States
- Website
- wm.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOETTCHER CHARLES C | Officer | Sale | Jan 29, 2026 | 56,159 |
| CARRASCO RAFAEL | Officer | Sale | Jun 4, 2026 | 15,539 |
| FISH JAMES C JR | Chief Executive Officer | Sale | Feb 9, 2026 | 320,402 |
| GLUSKI ANDRES RICARDO | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | May 14, 2026 | 18,383 |
| HEMMER TARA J | Chief Operating Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | May 19, 2026 | 81,461 |
| HOLT VICTORIA M | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | May 14, 2026 | 0 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 7.73% | 30,733,944 | 7.33B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Gates Foundation Trust | 6.72% | 26,720,744 | 6.37B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.33% | 25,179,716 | 6.00B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.53% | 18,008,931 | 4.29B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 2.63% | 10,438,136 | 2.49B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 2.55% | 10,121,428 | 2.41B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.21% | 12,747,383 | 3.04B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.41% | 9,572,929 | 2.28B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.25% | 4,953,727 | 1.18B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.21% | 4,831,061 | 1.15B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 1.16% | 4,599,384 | 1.10B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| AMERICAN MUTUAL FUND | 1.10% | 4,364,484 | 1.04B | Sep 29, 2026 |
