Waste Management, Inc. (WM)Industrials | Waste Management | Houston, United States | NYSE
223.95 USD
-0.13
(-0.058%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 224.21 +0.26 (0.116%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:05 p.m. EDT
Waste Management (WM) presents a mixed opportunity for both short-term and long-term investors. In the short term, the recent price action shows some volatility, with a dip below the 50-day average, but the overall trend remains positive. The stock has shown resilience and has been supported by a consistent dividend payout, which adds to its appeal. The options market indicates a balanced sentiment with a slight bullish bias, suggesting that there might be opportunities for short-term traders to capitalize on potential upward movements. For long-term investors, the strong fundamentals, including a solid payout ratio and positive earnings growth, make WM an attractive buy-and-hold candidate. The recent dip in price could be a good entry point for long-term investors looking to build a position. Overall, WM is a well-rounded investment with a solid foundation for both short-term and long-term strategies. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.019394 |
| AutoETS | 0.019719 |
| AutoTheta | 0.027423 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.070912 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.79 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.363 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.05 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-03-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-03-12 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 239.385 |
| Revenue per Share | 62.588 |
| Market Cap | 90,327,048,192 |
| Trailing P/E | 33.43 |
| Forward P/E | 24.01 |
| Beta | 0.55 |
| Profit Margins | 10.74% |
| Website | https://www.wm.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:05 p.m. EDT: The options data shows a mixed sentiment with a slight bias towards bullish expectations. The ATM IV is relatively stable across expirations, suggesting a lack of extreme volatility expectations. However, there are notable spikes in IV for out-of-the-money strikes, indicating potential speculation on both upward and downward price movements. The significant OI and volume in certain strikes suggest that traders are positioning for potential price movements, particularly around the $230 strike, which is seen as a key support level. The presence of major OI walls at higher strikes suggests that there is some bullish sentiment, while the presence of OI at lower strikes indicates potential bearish speculation. Overall, the options market is showing a balanced view with a slight lean towards bullish expectations.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.40% | 1.52% | 1.56% | 1.61% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | 0.945 | 0.396177 |
| 2025-12-05 | 0.825 | 0.387808 |
| 2025-09-12 | 0.825 | 0.381134 |
| 2025-06-06 | 0.825 | 0.353153 |
| 2025-03-14 | 0.825 | 0.372454 |
| 2024-12-06 | 0.750 | 0.343935 |
| 2024-09-13 | 0.750 | 0.368544 |
| 2024-06-07 | 0.750 | 0.383711 |
| 2024-03-14 | 0.750 | 0.367264 |
| 2023-11-30 | 0.700 | 0.423108 |
| 2023-09-07 | 0.700 | 0.463013 |
| 2023-06-01 | 0.700 | 0.448245 |
| 2023-03-09 | 0.700 | 0.486596 |
| 2022-12-01 | 0.650 | 0.407433 |
| 2022-09-08 | 0.650 | 0.395445 |
| 2022-06-02 | 0.650 | 0.432295 |
| 2022-03-16 | 0.650 | 0.447785 |
| 2021-12-02 | 0.575 | 0.375337 |
| 2021-09-02 | 0.575 | 0.395858 |
| 2021-06-03 | 0.575 | 0.440368 |
| 2021-03-11 | 0.575 | 0.518002 |
| 2020-12-03 | 0.545 | 0.505351 |
| 2020-09-03 | 0.545 | 0.534738 |
| 2020-06-04 | 0.545 | 0.553374 |
| 2020-03-05 | 0.545 | 0.510202 |
| 2019-12-05 | 0.513 | 0.509437 |
| 2019-09-05 | 0.513 | 0.479018 |
| 2019-06-06 | 0.513 | 0.504445 |
| 2019-03-07 | 0.513 | 0.577232 |
| 2018-11-29 | 0.465 | 0.565517 |
| 2018-09-06 | 0.465 | 0.573561 |
| 2018-06-07 | 0.465 | 0.635716 |
| 2018-03-08 | 0.465 | 0.624865 |
| 2017-11-30 | 0.425 | 0.595119 |
| 2017-09-07 | 0.425 | 0.646709 |
| 2017-06-07 | 0.425 | 0.674729 |
| 2017-03-08 | 0.425 | 0.689374 |
| 2016-11-30 | 0.410 | 0.694646 |
| 2016-09-07 | 0.410 | 0.757678 |
| 2016-06-01 | 0.410 | 0.801652 |
| 2016-03-03 | 0.410 | 0.859365 |
| 2015-12-02 | 0.385 | 0.869916 |
| 2015-09-10 | 0.385 | 0.941446 |
| 2015-06-03 | 0.385 | 0.959327 |
| 2015-03-05 | 0.385 | 0.873702 |
| 2014-12-03 | 0.375 | 0.950091 |
| 2014-09-03 | 0.375 | 1.003156 |
| 2014-06-04 | 0.375 | 1.073406 |
| 2014-03-06 | 0.375 | 1.161316 |
| 2013-12-02 | 0.365 | 1.045532 |
| 2013-09-04 | 0.365 | 1.183196 |
| 2013-06-05 | 0.365 | 1.166662 |
| 2013-03-07 | 0.365 | 1.312416 |
| 2012-11-26 | 0.355 | 1.478599 |
| 2012-09-05 | 0.355 | 1.408818 |
| 2012-06-06 | 0.355 | 1.498268 |
| 2012-03-07 | 0.355 | 1.420422 |
| 2011-11-28 | 0.340 | 1.557056 |
| 2011-09-01 | 0.340 | 1.492744 |
| 2011-05-31 | 0.340 | 1.244474 |
| 2011-03-09 | 0.340 | 1.306884 |
| 2010-11-29 | 0.315 | 1.325879 |
| 2010-09-02 | 0.315 | 1.360880 |
| 2010-05-27 | 0.315 | 1.422362 |
| 2010-03-01 | 0.315 | 1.406705 |
| 2009-11-30 | 0.290 | 1.328637 |
| 2009-09-03 | 0.290 | 1.479119 |
| 2009-05-28 | 0.290 | 1.607803 |
| 2009-03-05 | 0.290 | 1.919673 |
| 2008-11-26 | 0.270 | 1.491754 |
| 2008-08-28 | 0.270 | 1.210840 |
| 2008-05-29 | 0.270 | 1.147409 |
| 2008-03-06 | 0.270 | 1.328607 |
| 2007-11-29 | 0.240 | 1.150632 |
| 2007-08-30 | 0.240 | 1.053172 |
| 2007-05-31 | 0.240 | 1.018006 |
| 2007-03-08 | 0.240 | 1.170498 |
| 2006-11-30 | 0.220 | 0.998873 |
| 2006-08-31 | 0.220 | 1.073135 |
| 2006-06-01 | 0.220 | 1.005632 |
| 2006-03-02 | 0.220 | 1.108995 |
| 2005-11-29 | 0.200 | 1.129464 |
| 2005-08-30 | 0.200 | 1.269026 |
| 2005-05-27 | 0.200 | 1.167011 |
| 2005-02-25 | 0.200 | 1.177354 |
| 2004-11-29 | 0.188 | 1.109408 |
| 2004-08-30 | 0.188 | 1.189337 |
| 2004-05-27 | 0.188 | 1.146287 |
| 2004-02-26 | 0.188 | 1.168620 |
| 2003-09-26 | 0.010 | 0.068735 |
| 2002-09-26 | 0.010 | 0.076349 |
| 2001-09-25 | 0.010 | 0.068555 |
| 2000-09-27 | 0.010 | 0.100014 |
| 1999-09-28 | 0.010 | 0.095116 |
| 1998-12-29 | 0.010 | 0.040959 |
| 1998-09-28 | 0.010 | 0.037360 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.0153359175 |
| Address1 | 800 Capitol Street |
| Address2 | Suite 3000 |
| All Time High | 248.13 |
| All Time Low | 1.375 |
| Ask | 224.51 |
| Ask Size | 600 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,841,710 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,276,922 |
| Average Volume | 2,276,922 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,841,710 |
| Beta | 0.547 |
| Bid | 223.33 |
| Bid Size | 400 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 24.793 |
| City | Houston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 223.95 |
| Current Ratio | 0.889 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 224.19 |
| Day Low | 221.51 |
| Debt To Equity | 239.385 |
| Display Name | Waste Management |
| Dividend Date | 1,774,569,600 |
| Dividend Rate | 3.42 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.53 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,471,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,471,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.236 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.241 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,406,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,406,400 |
| Ebitda | 7,559,000,064 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.29990998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 15.087 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.525 |
| Enterprise Value | 114,044,051,456 |
| Eps Current Year | 8.1694 |
| Eps Forward | 9.32719 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.7 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,773,360,000 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 233.0326 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -9.082596 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.038975645 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -1.5335917 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 248.13 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -24.180008 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.097448945 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 194.11 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 29.839996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.15372725 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 194.11 - 248.13 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 582,989,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.49 |
| Float Shares | 402,182,241 |
| Forward Eps | 9.32719 |
| Forward P E | 24.010445 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,732,000,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 60,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.40438 |
| Gross Profits | 10,192,000,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00252 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.83982 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 403,335,781 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Ir Website | http://investors.wm.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=119743&p=irol-IRHome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,773,360,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.945 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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; markets and resells recycling commodities; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company collects recyclable food and yard waste, as well as markets and sells mulch, compost, soil amendments, and renewable energy; offers remediation and construction, and industrial waste services; and manages and markets fly ash. Further, it provides Regulated Waste and Compliance Services (RWCS), which offers compliance programs, as well as collection, processing, and disposal of regulated and specialized waste, including medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste; and Secure Information Destruction (SID) services that include the collection of personal and confidential information for secure destruction and recycling of sorted office paper. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Houston, Texas. |
| Long Name | Waste Management, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 90,327,048,192 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_190694 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 2,708,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 90,232,480,340 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 25 |
| Open | 223.76 |
| Operating Cashflow | 6,042,999,808 |
| Operating Margins | 0.20038 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.4925 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.28 |
| Phone | 713 512 6200 |
| Post Market Change | 0.26000977 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.116101705 |
| Post Market Price | 224.21 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,400 |
| Previous Close | 224.08 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 27.413273 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 9.032792 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.5838377 |
| Profit Margins | 0.10744 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.77 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.75 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.130005 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.0580172 |
| Regular Market Day High | 224.19 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 221.51 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 221.51 - 224.19 |
| Regular Market Open | 223.76 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 224.08 |
| Regular Market Price | 223.95 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,387,466 |
| Return On Assets | 0.06493 |
| Return On Equity | 0.29696 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.071 |
| Revenue Per Share | 62.588 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 402,913,509 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0145000005 |
| Shares Short | 5,846,207 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,005,276 |
| Short Name | Waste Management, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0145000005 |
| Short Ratio | 2.66 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | WM |
| Target High Price | 285.0 |
| Target Low Price | 210.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 254.8 |
| Target Median Price | 260.0 |
| Total Cash | 201,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.498 |
| Total Debt | 23,917,000,704 |
| Total Revenue | 25,204,000,768 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 3.3 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.014726883 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.7 |
| Trailing P E | 33.425373 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.2797 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 223.0304 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.91960144 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.0041232114 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,387,466 |
| Website | https://www.wm.com |
| Zip | 77,002 |