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waste management inc. - WM

WM

Close Chg Chg %
222.93 -0.66 -0.30%

Closed Market

222.27

-0.66 (0.30%)

Volume: 2.88M

Last Updated:

Jan 30, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: waste management inc. - WM

WM Key Data

Open

$222.51

 Day Range

218.13 - 222.73

52 Week Range

194.12 - 242.57

 Market Cap

$89.89B

Shares Outstanding

402.87M

 Public Float

401.88M

Beta

0.59

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

33.30

 EPS

$6.72

Yield

147.90%

 Dividend

$0.83

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 5, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.10M

  

WM Performance

1 Week
 
 -2.66%
 
1 Month
 
 1.56%
 
3 Months
 
 11.69%
 
1 Year
 
 1.30%
 
5 Years
 
 100.44%
 

WM Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 30
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, WM Renewable Energy, and VM 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 WM Renewable Energy segment develops, operates, and promotes projects for landfill gas use. The VM 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 N/A
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WM Valuation

P/E Current 33.303
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 32.793
Price to Sales Ratio 3.524
Price to Book Ratio N/A
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 14.70
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.928
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.424
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.205

WM Efficiency

Revenue/Employee N/A
Income Per Employee N/A
Receivables Turnover 6.216
Total Asset Turnover 0.554

WM Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.889
Quick Ratio N/A
Cash Ratio 0.036

WM Profitability

Gross Margin 29.079
Operating Margin 18.279
Pretax Margin 13.593
Net Margin 10.744
Return on Assets 5.948
Return on Equity 29.69
Return on Total Capital 8.232
Return on Invested Capital 8.481

WM Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 229.299
Total Debt to Total Capital 69.632
Total Debt to Total Assets 49.977
Long-Term Debt to Equity 222.182
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 67.471
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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 2.86B
Depreciation
- 2.02B 2.07B 2.22B
Amortization of Intangibles
- 129.00M 129.00M 180.00M
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 51.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
3.36B 3.58B 4.03B 4.56B
Non Operating Income/Expense
(64.00M) (54.00M) 26.00M (218.00M)
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 912.00M
Interest Capitalized
- 29.00M 63.00M 84.00M
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
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- 43.00M 34.00M 37.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 50.00M 75.00M 117.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- (1.00M) 8.00M 7.00M
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 6.7
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+25.58% +5.00% +20.22% -1.57%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
415.00M 406.90M 403.40M 404.20M
EBITDA
5.59B 6.02B 6.55B 7.47B
EBITDA Growth
+9.18% +7.80% +8.72% +14.06%
EBITDA Margin
+28.37% +29.49% +29.68% +29.64%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 252.739
Number of Ratings 30 Current Quarters Estimate 1.736
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 8.227
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.93 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 7.50 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 9.404
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 21 21 26 25
Mean Estimate 1.74 2.03 8.23 9.40
High Estimates 2.02 2.35 8.95 10.29
Low Estimate 1.46 1.90 7.69 8.70
Coefficient of Variance 7.14 5.54 3.30 4.22

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 15 14 12
OVERWEIGHT 6 6 4
HOLD 8 7 11
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Waste Management Inc. - WM

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 5, 2025 David L. Reed EVP & CFO 7,840 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Nov 5, 2025 Sean E. Menke Director 7,314 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $196.42 per share 1,436,615.88
Sep 5, 2025 Kimberly G. Stith SVP - Chief HR Officer 4,189 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 $224.6 per share 940,849.40
Sep 5, 2025 Kimberly G. Stith SVP - Chief HR Officer 4,089 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $225.2 per share 920,842.80
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 22, 2025 John J. Morris President & COO 96,683 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 68,686 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 $233 per share 16,003,838.00
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 74,523 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $126 per share 9,389,898.00
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 94,233 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $110.81 per share 10,441,958.73
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 107,092 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $145.67 per share 15,600,091.64
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 97,177 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 $234 per share 22,739,418.00
May 22, 2025 Tara J. Hemmer SVP & Chief Sustainability Off 83,736 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 $233 per share 19,510,488.00
Mar 7, 2025 Rafael E. Carrasco SVP of Enterprise Strategy 16,398 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $229.03 per share 3,755,633.94
Mar 6, 2025 Devina A. Rankin EVP & CFO 62,639 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $228.11 per share 14,288,582.29
Mar 6, 2025 Michael J. Watson Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer 44,037 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $228.11 per share 10,045,280.07
Feb 28, 2025 John Carroll VP & Chief Accounting Officer 9,793 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 James C. Fish Pres, Chief Executive Officer 50,580 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 28, 2025 Donald J. Smith Sr. VP - Operations 8,430 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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