Waste Management, Inc.

NYSE:WM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$94.1b

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
06 Mar 26SellUS$1,955,414John MorrisIndividual7,979US$245.07
03 Mar 26SellUS$150,628Johnson VarkeyIndividual617US$244.13
02 Mar 26SellUS$1,114,486Michael WatsonIndividual4,609US$241.81
02 Mar 26SellUS$1,165,137Tara HemmerIndividual4,818US$241.83
02 Mar 26SellUS$5,106Kimberly StithIndividual21US$243.13
17 Feb 26SellUS$1,716,545Donald SmithIndividual7,352US$233.48
13 Feb 26SellUS$1,724,052Rafael CarrascoIndividual7,352US$234.50
11 Feb 26SellUS$239,634John CarrollIndividual1,021US$234.71
10 Feb 26SellUS$8,469,157James FishIndividual36,753US$230.87
20 Nov 25SellUS$299,543Rafael CarrascoIndividual1,380US$217.06
03 Nov 25BuyUS$392,840Sean MenkeIndividual2,000US$196.42

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WM?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies86,4490.0215%
State or Government419,1530.104%
Individual Insiders688,0230.171%
General Public60,407,78615%
Institutions339,974,34184.7%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 48.14% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
7.52%
BlackRock, Inc.
30,198,865US$7.1b1.59%0.08%
6.88%
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
27,642,344US$6.5b-4.47%18.32%
6.27%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
25,169,513US$5.9b0%0.1%
4.36%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
17,501,722US$4.1b0.64%0.11%
2.55%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
10,236,665US$2.4b0%0.11%
2.47%
Capital Research and Management Company
9,901,635US$2.3b161%0.09%
2.29%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
9,191,350US$2.2b2.21%0.1%
1.85%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
7,427,407US$1.7b11.1%0.31%
1.32%
UBS Asset Management AG
5,296,437US$1.2b7.23%0.08%
1.24%
Parnassus Investments, LLC
4,981,578US$1.2b-5.6%2.95%
1.16%
Norges Bank Investment Management
4,655,755US$1.1b0%0.06%
0.97%
Northern Trust Global Investments
3,908,938US$915.7m1.21%0.1%
0.94%
Wells Fargo & Company
3,784,469US$886.6m17.8%0.17%
0.9%
Morgan Stanley
3,611,661US$846.1m13.4%0.07%
0.86%
Nordea Investment Management, AB
3,467,788US$812.4m-1.79%0.42%
0.82%
Eaton Vance Management
3,283,705US$769.3m3.1%0.13%
0.75%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
3,028,657US$709.5m-11.4%0.1%
0.73%
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.
2,926,613US$685.6m4.75%2.01%
0.66%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,644,872US$619.6m1.26%0.11%
0.64%
Royal Bank of Canada
2,552,224US$597.9m131%0.23%
0.62%
ClearBridge Investments, LLC
2,474,638US$579.7m-1.26%0.42%
0.6%
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB
2,392,868US$560.6m17%0.36%
0.59%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
2,361,240US$553.2m-3.05%0.1%
0.59%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
2,350,855US$550.7m0%0.06%
0.58%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2,320,966US$543.7m1.17%0.06%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/15 04:07
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/15 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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 38 analysts. 26 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
William GrippinBarclays