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Waste Management WBAG:WM Stock Report

Last Price

€204.95

Market Cap

€83.1b

7D

-1.5%

1Y

6.5%

Updated

16 Mar, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

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

WM fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation2/6
Future Growth4/6
Past Performance5/6
Financial Health2/6
Dividends0/6

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Waste Management
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$204.95
52 Week HighUS$224.15
52 Week LowUS$181.56
Beta0.76
1 Month Change-6.29%
3 Month Change1.34%
1 Year Change6.47%
3 Year Change46.34%
5 Year Change123.14%
Change since IPO115.58%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

WMAT Commercial ServicesAT Market
7D-1.5%-0.6%0.7%
1Y6.5%-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

Is WM's price volatile compared to industry and market?
WM volatility
WM Average Weekly Movement2.8%
Commercial Services Industry Average Movement4.8%
Market Average Movement4.4%
10% most volatile stocks in AT Market8.8%
10% least volatile stocks in AT Market2.5%

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

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
196861,700Jim Fishwww.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

How do Waste Management's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
WM fundamental statistics
Market cap€83.09b
Earnings (TTM)€2.52b
Revenue (TTM)€20.27b

32.9x

P/E Ratio

4.1x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
WM income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$22.06b
Cost of RevenueUS$13.38b
Gross ProfitUS$8.68b
Other ExpensesUS$5.93b
EarningsUS$2.75b

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)6.83
Gross Margin39.34%
Net Profit Margin12.45%
Debt/Equity Ratio284.1%

How did WM perform over the long term?

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Dividends

1.5%

Current Dividend Yield

44%

Payout Ratio

Does WM pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy WM by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Waste Management dividend dates
Ex Dividend DateMar 14 2025
Dividend Pay DateMar 28 2025
Days until Ex dividend3 days
Days until Dividend pay date11 days

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/03/16 18:06
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/14 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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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.

AnalystInstitution
David ColemanArgus Research Company
David MantheyBaird
Jonathan WindhamBarclays