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Waste Management WM

US equityMarket cap rank #195
$208.00
+$0.12 (+0.06%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $208.25 +0.18%
Open$208.88
Prev close$207.88
Day range$207.59 – $210.24
Volume846.5K
Market cap$83.14B
P/E (TTM)29.4
Dividend yield1.70%

Price chart

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 at a glance

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: the business

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.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.1%
1 week
-2.8%
1 month
-7.7%
3 months
-6.4%
6 months
-6.7%
Year to date
-4.1%
1 year
-3.6%
Day range
$207.59$210.24
52-week range
$190.92$246.06

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

1 bullish · 6 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
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-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)34.0Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-3.79Bearish
Bollinger band position5%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$207.97 / $208.03
Average price today$208.80
Volume846.5KAvg (90d) 2.13M
Turnover$176.75M
Turnover rate0.21%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.48vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.28%
Market cap$83.14B
Float market cap$82.89B
Shares outstanding398.53M
EPS (TTM)$6.70
P/E (TTM)29.42
P/B8.38
Book value / share$24.83
Earnings yield0.28%
Dividend (TTM)$3.54 / shareYield 1.70%
Net profit (TTM)$2.68B
Net assets$9.92B
30-day volatility14.8%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)1.62%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-14.9%-14.5% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How WM ranks on BeStock

Market value#195 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#169 of 283
Dividend yield#137 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#179 of 300
Dollar volume today#198 of 300

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

Revenue$6.68B+4.0% YoY
Operating profit$1.27B+6.9% YoY
Net profit$786.00M+8.1% YoY
Diluted EPS$1.95+8.3% YoY
Free cash flow$1.10B+34.8% YoY
Operating cash flow$1.73B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$5.6BSep '24$5.9BDec '24$6.0BMar '25$6.4BJun '25$6.4BSep '25$6.3BDec '25$6.2BMar '26$6.7BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$760.0MSep '24$598.0MDec '24$637.0MMar '25$727.0MJun '25$603.0MSep '25$742.0MDec '25$723.0MMar '26$786.0MJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin40.6%
Operating margin18.5%
Net margin11.1%
Return on equity29.8%
Return on assets6.2%
Return on invested capital10.7%
Current ratio0.91
Liabilities / assets78.6%
Cash & investments$557.00M
Total debt$23.36B
Net cash (debt)-$22.80B
Free cash flow / sales13.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • East Tier$3.07B 37.5%
  • West Tier$2.87B 35.1%
  • Other Ancillary$840.00M 10.3%
  • Healthcare Solutions$742.00M 9.1%
  • Recycling Processing and Sales$491.00M 6.0%
  • Renewable energy$157.00M 1.9%
  • Corporate and Other$15.00M 0.2%
Average move on report day±3.4%last 16 reports
Closed higher7 of 1644% of the time
Best reaction+6.1%
Worst reaction-8.0%

Stock move on the day after each report

+5.2%2024/Q3+6.1%2024/Q4-0.1%2025/Q1+3.4%2025/Q2-4.5%2025/Q3-3.7%2025/Q4+1.3%2026/Q1-1.2%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.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings29.9x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 14th percentile, 5-year average 33.1x

#2069 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book8.5x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 3rd percentile, 5-year average 9.9x

#4765 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales3.3x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 11th percentile, 5-year average 3.7x

#3203 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

27x32x37x42xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$220.00
Price vs. fair value-5.5%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyMedium

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts17
Average target$261.93+25.9% vs. price
  • Buy 65%
  • Hold 35%
Low $240.00Now $208.00Avg $261.93High $277.00

Latest rating actions

  • 16 Sep 2026Wells FargoBUY · PT $268.00
  • 15 Sep 2026Wolfe ResearchHOLD
  • 8 Sep 2026BernsteinBUY · PT $270.00
  • 2 Sep 2026BernsteinBUY · PT $270.00
  • 27 Aug 2026ScotiabankHOLD · PT $260.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership84.8%+0.03 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,730-11 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)12 buys / 6 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.45% of floatDays to cover 2.8 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share16.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

5%16%26%36%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$170.65M (16 inflow days, 4 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.70%
Last dividend$0.95Ex-date 11 Sep 2026
Next-to-last$0.95
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.8620182.0520192.1820202.3020212.6020222.8020233.0020243.302025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 8.5% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Bernstein Maintains Waste Management(WM.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $270Market news · 8 Sep 2026
  • Bernstein Maintains Waste Management(WM.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $270Market news · 2 Sep 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains Waste Management(WM.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $268Market news · 18 Sep 2026
  • Wolfe Research Initiates Waste Management(WM.US) With Hold RatingMarket news · 15 Sep 2026
  • UBS Maintains Waste Management(WM.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $270Market news · 4 Aug 2026
  • A Quick Look at Today's Ratings for Waste Management(WM.US), With a Forecast Between $240 to $277Market news · 30 Jul 2026

WM stock: common questions

Where is WM trading right now?

$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.

How big is Waste Management?

Equity value comes to $83.14B at the current price. By that measure it is number 195 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is WM expensive on earnings?

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.

How far is WM from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $190.92 and the ceiling $246.06. Shares are 15.5% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Waste Management shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.70% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 11, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like WM?

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.

How does Waste Management make money?

Waste Management collects trash and runs landfills and recycling plants, and it is the largest U.S. waste company.

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