waste management inc. - WM

WM

Close Chg Chg %
224.88 1.53 0.68%

Open Market

226.41

+1.53 (0.68%)

Volume: 169.53K

Last Updated:

Mar 26, 2026, 10:05 AM EDT

Company Overview: waste management inc. - WM

WM Key Data

Open

$224.22

Day Range

223.71 - 227.86

52 Week Range

194.12 - 248.12

Market Cap

$90.73B

Shares Outstanding

403.34M

Public Float

402.29M

Beta

0.57

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

33.58

EPS

$6.72

Yield

146.71%

Dividend

$0.95

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 13, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.34M

 

WM Performance

1 Week
 
-2.76%
 
1 Month
 
-6.64%
 
3 Months
 
1.70%
 
1 Year
 
-1.35%
 
5 Years
 
73.23%
 

WM Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 31
Full Ratings ➔

About waste management inc. - WM

Waste Management, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of waste management environmental services. It operates through the following segments: Collection and Disposal-East Tier (East Tier), Collection and Disposal-West Tier (West Tier), Recycling Processing and Sales, Renewable Energy, and Healthcare Solutions. The East Tier segment includes the Eastern United States, the Great Lakes Region, and Canada. The West Tier segment refers to the upper Midwest region and British Columbia, Canada. The Recycling Processing and Sales segment focuses on the processing and sales of materials collected from residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The Renewable Energy segment develops, operates, and promotes projects for landfill gas use. The Healthcare Solutions segment relates to its primarily business to business company providing services that protect people and brands, promote health and well-being and safeguard the environment. The company was founded on September 30, 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

WM At a Glance

Waste Management, Inc.
800 Capitol Street
Houston, Texas 77002-2925
Phone 1-713-512-6200 Revenue 25.20B
Industry Environmental Services Net Income 2.71B
Sector Industrial Services 2025 Sales Growth 14.237%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 60,500
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WM Valuation

P/E Current 33.575
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 32.794
Price to Sales Ratio 3.524
Price to Book Ratio 8.862
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.70
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.768
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.46
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.213

WM Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 416,595.041
Income Per Employee 44,760.331
Receivables Turnover 6.216
Total Asset Turnover 0.55

WM Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.889
Quick Ratio 0.848
Cash Ratio 0.056

WM Profitability

Gross Margin 29.079
Operating Margin 18.279
Pretax Margin 13.593
Net Margin 10.744
Return on Assets 5.912
Return on Equity 29.69
Return on Total Capital 7.987
Return on Invested Capital 8.371

WM Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 239.409
Total Debt to Total Capital 70.537
Total Debt to Total Assets 51.551
Long-Term Debt to Equity 230.641
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 67.954
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Annual Financials for Waste Management Inc. - WM

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
19.70B 20.43B 22.06B 25.20B
Sales Growth
+9.85% +3.70% +8.01% +14.24%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
14.33B 14.68B 15.65B 17.88B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
2.15B 2.20B 2.40B 3.00B
Depreciation
2.02B 2.07B 2.22B 2.58B
Amortization of Intangibles
129.00M 129.00M 180.00M 421.00M
COGS Growth
+9.32% +2.41% +6.63% +14.22%
Gross Income
5.37B 5.75B 6.41B 7.33B
Gross Income Growth
+11.30% +7.14% +11.55% +14.28%
Gross Profit Margin
+27.24% +28.15% +29.07% +29.08%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.93B 1.93B 2.26B 2.72B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.93B 1.93B 2.26B 2.72B
SGA Growth
+6.34% -0.10% +17.55% +20.23%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
78.00M 248.00M 119.00M 283.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
3.36B 3.58B 4.03B 4.32B
Non Operating Income/Expense
(64.00M) (54.00M) 26.00M 14.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
(67.00M) (60.00M) 4.00M 10.00M
Interest Expense
378.00M 500.00M 598.00M 912.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+3.56% +32.28% +19.60% +52.51%
Gross Interest Expense
407.00M 563.00M 682.00M 994.00M
Interest Capitalized
29.00M 63.00M 84.00M 82.00M
Pretax Income
2.92B 3.02B 3.46B 3.43B
Pretax Income Growth
+24.22% +3.53% +14.47% -0.93%
Pretax Margin
+14.81% +14.79% +15.67% +13.59%
Income Tax
678.00M 745.00M 713.00M 717.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
586.00M 628.00M 552.00M 314.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
43.00M 34.00M 37.00M 40.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
50.00M 75.00M 117.00M 372.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(1.00M) 8.00M 7.00M (9.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
(67.00M) (60.00M) 4.00M 10.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
2.24B 2.28B 2.75B 2.71B
Minority Interest Expense
2.00M (28.00M) (1.00M) 1.00M
Net Income
2.24B 2.30B 2.75B 2.71B
Net Income Growth
+23.24% +2.95% +19.18% -1.38%
Net Margin Growth
+11.36% +11.28% +12.45% +10.74%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
2.24B 2.30B 2.75B 2.71B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
2.24B 2.30B 2.75B 2.71B
EPS (Basic)
5.4215 5.6903 6.8394 6.7246
EPS (Basic) Growth
+25.51% +4.96% +20.19% -1.68%
Basic Shares Outstanding
412.80M 404.90M 401.50M 402.70M
EPS (Diluted)
5.3928 5.6623 6.8071 6.6996
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+25.58% +5.00% +20.22% -1.58%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
415.00M 406.90M 403.40M 404.20M
EBITDA
5.59B 6.02B 6.55B 7.61B
EBITDA Growth
+9.18% +7.80% +8.72% +16.23%
EBITDA Margin
+28.37% +29.49% +29.68% +30.20%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 255.875
Number of Ratings 31 Current Quarters Estimate 1.754
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 8.20
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.93 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 7.50 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 9.355
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 23 23 27 27
Mean Estimate 1.75 2.03 8.20 9.35
High Estimates 2.02 2.35 8.95 10.14
Low Estimate 1.56 1.90 7.69 8.70
Coefficient of Variance 5.89 5.41 3.14 3.81

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 15 15 14
OVERWEIGHT 5 5 6
HOLD 10 9 7
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Waste Management Inc. - WM

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 11, 2026 Johnson Varkey SVP-Chief Information Officer 9,293 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $245.27 per share 2,279,294.11
Mar 11, 2026 David L. Reed EVP & CFO 8,570 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $246.31 per share 2,110,876.70
Mar 11, 2026 David L. Reed EVP & CFO 8,495 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $245.26 per share 2,083,483.70
Mar 11, 2026 Christopher P. Desantis SVP Operations - East 9,393 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $245.5 per share 2,305,981.50
Mar 11, 2026 John A. Carroll VP & Chief Accounting Officer 9,030 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $246.31 per share 2,224,179.30
Mar 11, 2026 John A. Carroll VP & Chief Accounting Officer 8,983 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $245.3 per share 2,203,529.90
Mar 11, 2026 Christopher P. Desantis SVP Operations - East 9,454 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $246.31 per share 2,328,614.74
Mar 11, 2026 Johnson Varkey SVP-Chief Information Officer 9,414 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $246.31 per share 2,318,762.34
Mar 11, 2026 John J. Morris President & COO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 11, 2026 John J. Morris President & COO 99,929 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $243.38 per share 24,320,720.02
Mar 11, 2026 John J. Morris President & COO 104,140 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $150.12 per share 15,633,496.80
Mar 6, 2026 Michael J. Watson Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer 6,804 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 Kimberly G. Stith SVP - Chief HR Officer 6,404 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 8,405 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 James C. Fish Chief Executive Officer 57,034 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 Johnson Varkey SVP-Chief Information Officer 6,404 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 Rafael E. Carrasco SVP of Enterprise Strategy 8,405 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 Donald J. Smith Sr. VP - Operations 10,006 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 6, 2026 Charles C. Boettcher EVP, Chief Legal Officer 7,805 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Kimberly G. Stith SVP - Chief HR Officer 4,724 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $243.13 per share 1,148,546.12

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