WM Stock Overview
Through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 4/6 |
| Past Performance | 5/6 |
| Financial Health | 2/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
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Waste Management, Inc. Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$204.95 |
| 52 Week High | US$224.15 |
| 52 Week Low | US$181.56 |
| Beta | 0.76 |
| 1 Month Change | -6.29% |
| 3 Month Change | 1.34% |
| 1 Year Change | 6.47% |
| 3 Year Change | 46.34% |
| 5 Year Change | 123.14% |
| Change since IPO | 115.58% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
Shareholder Returns
| WM | AT Commercial Services | AT Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -1.5% | -0.6% | 0.7% |
| 1Y | 6.5% | -1.1% | 19.3% |
Return vs Industry: WM exceeded the Austrian Commercial Services industry which returned -1.1% over the past year.
Return vs Market: WM underperformed the Austrian Market which returned 19.3% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| WM volatility | |
|---|---|
| WM Average Weekly Movement | 2.8% |
| Commercial Services Industry Average Movement | 4.8% |
| Market Average Movement | 4.4% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in AT Market | 8.8% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in AT Market | 2.5% |
Stable Share Price: WM has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Austrian market.
Volatility Over Time: WM's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 61,700 | Jim Fish | www.wm.com |
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; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions.
Waste Management, Inc. Fundamentals Summary
| WM fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | €83.09b |
| Earnings (TTM) | €2.52b |
| Revenue (TTM) | €20.27b |
32.9x
P/E Ratio4.1x
P/S RatioIs WM overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| WM income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$22.06b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$13.38b |
| Gross Profit | US$8.68b |
| Other Expenses | US$5.93b |
| Earnings | US$2.75b |
Last Reported Earnings
Dec 31, 2024
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 6.83 |
| Gross Margin | 39.34% |
| Net Profit Margin | 12.45% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 284.1% |
How did WM perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
1.5%
Current Dividend Yield44%
Payout RatioDoes WM pay a reliable dividends?
See WM dividend history and benchmarks| Waste Management dividend dates | |
|---|---|
| Ex Dividend Date | Mar 14 2025 |
| Dividend Pay Date | Mar 28 2025 |
| Days until Ex dividend | 3 days |
| Days until Dividend pay date | 11 days |
Does WM pay a reliable dividends?
See WM dividend history and benchmarksCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2025/03/16 18:06 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/03/14 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
Waste Management, Inc. is covered by 44 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| David Coleman | Argus Research Company |
| David Manthey | Baird |
| Jonathan Windham | Barclays |