Waste Management, Inc.

NYSE:WM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$91.9b

Waste Management Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:WM Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
07 Mar 25SellUS$4,303,896John MorrisIndividual19,153US$224.71
07 Mar 25SellUS$282,626John CarrollIndividual1,251US$225.92
06 Mar 25SellUS$212,540Rafael CarrascoIndividual928US$229.03
05 Mar 25SellUS$941,182Devina RankinIndividual4,126US$228.11
05 Mar 25SellUS$352,886Michael WatsonIndividual1,547US$228.11
05 Mar 25SellUS$705,772Tara HemmerIndividual3,094US$228.11
03 Mar 25SellUS$10,567Christopher DeSantisIndividual45US$234.83
24 Feb 25SellUS$10,143,621James FishIndividual44,405US$228.43
07 Feb 25SellUS$903,562Rafael CarrascoIndividual4,000US$225.89
04 Feb 25SellUS$70,892Johnson VarkeyIndividual318US$222.93
04 Feb 25SellUS$1,294,071Devina RankinIndividual5,826US$222.12
04 Feb 25SellUS$1,016,421Tara HemmerIndividual4,576US$222.12
05 Nov 24SellUS$66,796Maryrose SylvesterIndividual310US$215.47
16 Jul 24SellUS$330,000Michael WatsonIndividual1,500US$220.00
06 Jun 24SellUS$859,631Michael WatsonIndividual4,208US$204.50

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WM insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WM?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies8000.000199%
State or Government401,9970.0999%
Individual Insiders706,3140.176%
General Public65,599,16616.3%
Institutions335,624,14783.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 48.75% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.27%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
37,300,278US$8.5b1.47%0.13%
8.01%
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
32,234,344US$7.4b0%16.71%
7.5%
BlackRock, Inc.
30,173,898US$6.9b0.94%0.11%
4.69%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
18,857,441US$4.3b2.41%0.16%
2.04%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
8,210,371US$1.9b0.79%0.13%
1.56%
Parnassus Investments, LLC
6,272,009US$1.4b22.5%3.31%
1.24%
Norges Bank Investment Management
5,003,846US$1.1b3.08%0.09%
1.22%
UBS Asset Management AG
4,915,262US$1.1b22.7%0.1%
1.05%
Nordea Investment Management, AB
4,240,429US$968.1m7.08%0.63%
1.01%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
4,076,447US$930.7m5.82%0.22%
0.99%
Northern Trust Global Investments
3,996,773US$912.5m13.2%0.13%
0.99%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
3,968,340US$906.0m-0.41%0.18%
0.87%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
3,485,189US$795.7m-4.59%0.58%
0.78%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
3,140,364US$717.0m2.24%0.08%
0.77%
Lazard Asset Management LLC
3,111,396US$710.4m-12.3%0.65%
0.76%
Eaton Vance Management
3,045,583US$695.3m-9.01%0.17%
0.76%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
3,044,616US$695.1m10.8%0.19%
0.75%
Wells Fargo & Company, Securities and Brokerage Investments
3,036,094US$693.2m-0.31%0.21%
0.73%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,957,058US$675.1m1.5%0.15%
0.71%
BNY Asset Management
2,850,728US$650.8m5.47%0.13%
0.66%
ClearBridge Investments, LLC
2,671,480US$609.9m-2.05%0.49%
0.65%
Capital Research and Management Company
2,628,837US$600.2m-16.4%0.03%
0.6%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2,426,067US$553.9m7.54%0.09%
0.58%
Stifel Asset Management Corp.
2,335,557US$533.2m-0.28%0.58%
0.54%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
2,153,611US$491.7m0.07%0.08%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/27 10:38
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/25 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Waste Management, Inc. is covered by 44 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ColemanArgus Research Company
David MantheyBaird
Jonathan WindhamBarclays