Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
WM last changed hands at $208.00 (up 0.06%). At $83.14B, Waste Management is ranked #195 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.
The 52-week range is $190.92 to $246.06. Today's price is about 31% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are behind 3.6% over twelve months, and down 6.4% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($223.46) and 200-day ($223.25) moving averages; RSI is 34, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 15% annualized volatility.
In the quarter ended Jun 2026 the company brought in $6.68B of revenue, up 4.0% from a year earlier, with $786.00M of net profit (a 11.1% margin).
Buyers are paying 29.4 times trailing earnings, 11% below its five-year average of 33.1.
17 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $261.93, sits 25.9% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Waste Management collects trash and runs landfills and recycling plants, and it is the largest U.S. waste company.
What tends to move it. Pricing, landfill volume and recycling commodity prices drive results, along with its renewable natural gas projects.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -3.4% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -6.9% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -6.8% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 34.0 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -3.79 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 5% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026
Quarter 2026/Q2
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 14th percentile, 5-year average 33.1x
#2069 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 3rd percentile, 5-year average 9.9x
#4765 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 11th percentile, 5-year average 3.7x
#3203 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$170.65M (16 inflow days, 4 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 8.5% a year.
$208.00 is the latest print for WM, a move of +0.06% against yesterday's close of $207.88. Today's low and high so far: $207.59 and $210.24.
Equity value comes to $83.14B at the current price. By that measure it is number 195 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 29.4 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $6.70). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 33.1, and today's level ranks in the 14th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $190.92 and the ceiling $246.06. Shares are 15.5% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.70% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 11, 2026.
Of 17 analysts, 65% say buy, 35% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $261.93, with the most cautious at $240.00 and the most optimistic at $277.00.
Waste Management collects trash and runs landfills and recycling plants, and it is the largest U.S. waste company.
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