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Company Profile: Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

WM insider trades (13 months) →

$234.67 −1.28% vs. previous close · Market cap $93.31B

Today's multi-factor rank: 396 of 461 · see the ranking

Quant500 Scores
Momentum
4.7/10
Value
4.2/10
Growth
4.6/10
Quality
4.2/10
Multifactor
4.4/10

Market and Valuation

Price & Market

Prev Close Price:$237.71
Open:$235.71
Day's Low:$234.04
Day's High:$236.96
Bid / Ask:-
Market Cap:93.31B
Enterprise Value:117.69B

52-Week Range

52-Week Low:$197.46
52-Week High:$248.13
Current position in 52-week range
52w Low-52w High
50-Day Avg:$218.11
200-Day Avg:$225.33

Volume

Volume Today:1,788,596
Avg Volume (3m):2,276,095
Avg Volume (10d):2,725,750
52-Week Change:+18.45%
vs S&P 500, 52 weeks:-
Beta:0.39

Valuation Multiples

P/E (trailing):30.80

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 28, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

P/E (forward):26.23
PEG Ratio:2.25
Price / Book:9.46
Price / Sales (TTM):3.58
EV / Revenue:4.51
EV / EBITDA:14.92

Dividends

Current yield:1.59%
Annual Dividend Rate:$3.78
Dividend Trailing:$3.66
Yield Trailing:1.54%
5-Year Avg Yield:1.50%
Payout Ratio:48.03%
Last Ex-Dividend Date:-

Valuation Context

P/E vs sector (indicative)

Most Recent Quarter:-
Fiscal Year (Next):-

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Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)

Income Statement

Total Revenue (TTM):26.07B
Gross Profit:10.53B
EBITDA:7.89B
Net Income (TTM):3.07B
Rev Growth (YoY):+6.30%
Earnings Growth (YoY):+37.60%
Quarterly earnings growth (YoY):+36.00%

Margins

Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-
Operating Margin:-
Net Margin:-

Per Share

EPS Trailing (TTM):$7.62

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 28, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$8.95
Revenue Per Share:$64.91
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$24.81
Last Dividend:-
Ex-Dividend Date:-
Last Split:-

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total cash:247.00M
Total Debt:23.41B
Net Debt (Debt - Cash):23.17B
Debt / Equity:237.25%
Current Ratio:0.82
Quick Ratio:0.72

Cash Flows

Operating Cash Flow:6.57B
Free Cash Flow (FCF):2.48B
FCF Yield (FCF / Market Cap):-
Enterprise Value:117.69B
EV / Revenue:4.51
EV / EBITDA:14.92

Profitability

ROE (Return on Equity):31.68%
ROA (Return on Assets):6.69%
P/E (trailing):30.80
P/E (forward):26.23
Price / Book:9.46
PEG Ratio:2.25
52-Week Change:+18.45%
S&P 500 change, 52 weeks:+11.37%

Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

EPS and Earnings Per Share

Key EPS Metrics

EPS Trailing (TTM):$7.62

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 28, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$8.95
P/E (forward):26.23
PEG Ratio:2.25

Growth and Margins

Earnings Growth YoY:-
Quarterly Earnings Growth YoY:-
Rev Growth YoY:-
Net Margin:-
Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-

Per Share

Revenue Per Share:$64.91
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$24.81

Cash Flows (TTM)

Free Cash Flow:2.48B
Operating Cash Flow:6.57B
EBITDA:7.89B
Total Revenue (TTM):26.07B
Net Income (TTM):3.07B
Fiscal Year (Last):-

EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters

Actual vs. Analyst Estimates · Green = beat expectations · Red = missed

Quarter Period Actual EPS Estimated EPS Difference Surprise % Currency

Ownership Structure

Ownership Distribution

% Insiders:-
% Institutional:-
% Inst. (of Float):-
No. of Institutions:-
Visual distribution
InsidersInstitutionalFree Float

Shares & Short Interest

Shares Outstanding:397,634,916
Float (free shares):396,445,988
Short interest (shares):7,504,203
Short % of float:-
Short Ratio (days to cover):3.30
Short interest, prior month:-
Short Interest Date:-

Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)

Overall risk:-
Audit Risk:-
Board risk:-
Compensation Risk:-
Shareholder rights risk:-

Top Institutional Holders

Position Change: ▲ Increased · ▼ Reduced · = Unchanged

Organization Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Top Mutual Funds

Position Change: ▲ Increased ▼ Decreased = Unchanged

Fund Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Recent Insider Trades

Executive / Insider Title Date Action Shares

Options Chain

CALLS

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PUTS

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Waste Management, Inc. (WM) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Direct links to financial reports filed with the SEC.

Type Date Official link
10-Q2026-10-28View filing ↗
8-K2026-10-27View filing ↗
8-K2026-08-26View filing ↗
S-82026-07-31View filing ↗
10-Q2026-07-29View filing ↗
8-K2026-07-28View filing ↗
11-K2026-06-18View filing ↗
8-K2026-05-14View filing ↗
8-K2026-05-13View filing ↗
10-Q2026-04-29View filing ↗

Company and Executive Profile

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.

General Information

Headquarters:United States
City:Houston
Employees:60,500
Sector:Industrials
Industry:Waste Management
Website:-

Key Executives

NameTitleAgeTotal pay
Mr. James C. Fish Jr.CEO & Director634.24M
Mr. John J. Morris Jr.President552.34M
Mr. David L. ReedCFO & Executive VP47973,849
Ms. Tara J. HemmerExecutive VP & COO521.51M
Mr. John A. CarrollVP & Chief Accounting Officer52-
Mr. Johnson VarkeySenior VP & Chief Information Officer52-
Mr. Edward A. EglDirector of Investor Relations--
Mr. Charles C. Boettcher J.D.Executive VP of Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer511.36M

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Waste Management, Inc. (WM): Quantitative Analysis

Waste Management, Inc. (WM) — Industrials — Waste Management. WM is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, WM has returned +8.1% against +11.4% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026.

WM ranks 396 of 461 on today's multifactor score, and 60 of the 69 Industrials companies that score. Its strongest factor is momentum (Z -0.16, ranked 250 of 494); its weakest is value (Z -0.51, ranked 378 of 489). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

FactorZ-ScoreRank
Multifactor-0.342396 of 461
Momentum-0.160250 of 494 ↑16
Value-0.505378 of 489
Quality-0.483384 of 468
Growth-0.221284 of 489

Market data

MetricValue
Price$234.67
Market Cap93.31B
P/E30.80
Revenue (last 12 months)26.07B
Price / book9.46
Book value per share$24.81
52-week range$197.46 – $248.13
Dividend yield1.59%
Beta0.39
Average volume2,276,095
Shares outstanding397.63M
Short interest (% of float)1.89% (as of Oct 15, 2026)

When does WM report earnings? 12 of its last 12, after the close →

What are WM insiders doing? 93 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 1 buy and 34 sells, the last one on Sep 4, 2026 →

WM latest SEC filings

Filing dates on EDGAR, the SEC's public registry. All WM filings on EDGAR.

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Frequently asked questions about Waste Management (WM)

When does Waste Management report earnings?

Waste Management has no announced date in the Nasdaq public calendar checked (Nov 3, 2026 to Dec 7, 2026). Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 12 after the close (SEC filings through Oct 27, 2026). WM earnings dates and times, quarter by quarter →

What is Waste Management's P/E ratio?

Waste Management's P/E (price over earnings per share for the last twelve months) is 30.8 at the Nov 3, 2026 close. That EPS is the 12-month diluted figure from the SEC, the four quarters ended Sep 30, 2026. The median of the 74 Industrials companies with a P/E is 26.4, and the S&P 500's, 23.5: Waste Management is above its sector median. Industrials stocks, company by company →

Where does Waste Management rank on Quant500?

In the Nov 3, 2026 multi-factor ranking, Waste Management ranks 396 of 461, and 60 of the 69 Industrials companies that score. The ranking orders S&P 500 companies by the average of four factors (momentum, value, quality and growth) and is recalculated every trading day. It is a model output, not investment advice. The full ranking → How it is calculated →

Have Waste Management insiders bought or sold shares?

The latest open-market purchase of Waste Management shares filed with the SEC (Form 4) was on Nov 3, 2025, by a director, for $393k. The latest sale was on Sep 4, 2026, by an officer, for $300k. In total, from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026: 1 purchase and 34 sales by directors, officers and large shareholders. All WM insider trades →

Does Waste Management pay a dividend?

Yes. Its dividend yield is 1.59% at the Nov 3, 2026 close (annual dividend of $3.78 per share). The latest recorded ex-dividend date is Sep 11, 2026.

What sector is Waste Management in, and which index?

Waste Management is classified in the Industrials sector (industry: Waste Management), per the data provider's classification (similar to GICS, not identical). It is in the S&P 500 today. It is one of the 76 S&P 500 companies in that sector. Industrials stocks →

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