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Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

Industrials | Waste Management | Houston, United States | NYSE
236.71 USD +3.38 (1.449%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:53 a.m. EDT

Waste Management presents a compelling long-term case driven by its dominant market position and exceptional return on equity, yet the high valuation multiple and modest revenue growth prevent it from being a top-tier compounder. The company is successfully passing on earnings growth to shareholders through a consistently increasing dividend, which offers safety but lacks high yield appeal. Short-term momentum remains positive as the stock trades above key moving averages, though the statistical forecast suggests a flat path ahead. Options activity reveals a defensive posture among traders, with heavy put hedging suggesting caution despite the recent rally.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.048296
AutoARIMA0.050741
AutoETS0.050741
AutoTheta0.057695
MSTL_790.071002

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 4.64
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.463
Excess Kurtosis -0.65
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-04
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-04
Debt to Equity Ratio 228.408
Revenue per Share 63.071
Market Cap 95,056,994,304
Trailing P/E 34.26
Forward P/E 25.70
Beta 0.45
Profit Margins 10.99%
Website https://www.wm.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:53 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily hedging downside risk with significant open interest in out-of-the-money puts, particularly around the 200 to 220 strike range. Call positioning favors upside targets well above current prices, with notable volume at strikes 280 and 350. Implied volatility remains moderate, indicating balanced sentiment without extreme fear or greed.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.43% 1.59% 1.53% 1.56%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-05 0.945 0.428766
2026-03-13 0.945 0.396177
2025-12-05 0.825 0.386272
2025-09-12 0.825 0.378163
2025-06-06 0.825 0.349088
2025-03-14 0.825 0.366895
2024-12-06 0.750 0.337549
2024-09-13 0.750 0.360490
2024-06-07 0.750 0.373972
2024-03-14 0.750 0.356616
2023-11-30 0.700 0.409381
2023-09-07 0.700 0.446144
2023-06-01 0.700 0.429975
2023-03-09 0.700 0.464746
2022-12-01 0.650 0.387320
2022-09-08 0.650 0.374467
2022-06-02 0.650 0.407830
2022-03-16 0.650 0.420712
2021-12-02 0.575 0.351166
2021-09-02 0.575 0.369039
2021-06-03 0.575 0.409020
2021-03-11 0.575 0.479167
2020-12-03 0.545 0.465255
2020-09-03 0.545 0.490020
2020-06-04 0.545 0.504676
2020-03-05 0.545 0.463002
2019-12-05 0.513 0.460214
2019-09-05 0.513 0.430767
2019-06-06 0.513 0.451704
2019-03-07 0.513 0.514544
2018-11-29 0.465 0.501510
2018-09-06 0.465 0.506095
2018-06-07 0.465 0.558089
2018-03-08 0.465 0.545519
2017-11-30 0.425 0.516717
2017-09-07 0.425 0.558622
2017-06-07 0.425 0.579572
2017-03-08 0.425 0.588724
2016-11-30 0.410 0.589758
2016-09-07 0.410 0.639526
2016-06-01 0.410 0.672352
2016-03-03 0.410 0.715907
2015-12-02 0.385 0.719492
2015-09-10 0.385 0.773092
2015-06-03 0.385 0.781726
2015-03-05 0.385 0.706422
2014-12-03 0.375 0.762815
2014-09-03 0.375 0.799233
2014-06-04 0.375 0.848416
2014-03-06 0.375 0.910194
2013-12-02 0.365 0.812013
2013-09-04 0.365 0.911588
2013-06-05 0.365 0.890678
2013-03-07 0.365 0.993197
2012-11-26 0.355 1.107990
2012-09-05 0.355 1.044118
2012-06-06 0.355 1.099071
2012-03-07 0.355 1.030479
2011-11-28 0.340 1.118053
2011-09-01 0.340 1.059850
2011-05-31 0.340 0.874486
2011-03-09 0.340 0.910308
2010-11-29 0.315 0.915166
2010-09-02 0.315 0.930851
2010-05-27 0.315 0.963892
2010-03-01 0.315 0.943962
2009-11-30 0.290 0.883069
2009-09-03 0.290 0.974462
2009-05-28 0.290 1.048825
2009-03-05 0.290 1.239316
2008-11-26 0.270 0.951710
2008-08-28 0.270 0.765523
2008-05-29 0.270 0.719808
2008-03-06 0.270 0.827459
2007-11-29 0.240 0.710901
2007-08-30 0.240 0.646204
2007-05-31 0.240 0.620636
2007-03-08 0.240 0.709220
2006-11-30 0.220 0.600929
2006-08-31 0.220 0.641774
2006-06-01 0.220 0.597501
2006-03-02 0.220 0.654957
2005-11-29 0.200 0.662691
2005-08-30 0.200 0.739645
2005-05-27 0.200 0.675219
2005-02-25 0.200 0.676590
2004-11-29 0.188 0.633210
2004-08-30 0.188 0.674560
2004-05-27 0.188 0.645826
2004-02-26 0.188 0.654141
2003-09-26 0.010 0.038226
2002-09-26 0.010 0.042445
2001-09-25 0.010 0.038095
2000-09-27 0.010 0.055556
1999-09-28 0.010 0.052805
1998-12-29 0.010 0.022727
1998-09-28 0.010 0.020725
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.54
dividendYield 1.52
exDividendDate 2026-06-05
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.42
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014657352
lastDividendValue 0.945
lastDividendDate 2026-06-05
dividendDate 2026-06-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.017575264
Address1 800 Capitol Street
Address2 Suite 3000
All Time High 248.13
All Time Low 1.375
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,384,920
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,230,673
Average Volume 2,230,673
Average Volume10Days 2,384,920
Beta 0.448
Bid 235.52
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 1
Book Value 24.911
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 236.71
Current Ratio 0.934
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 237.49
Day Low 234.0901
Debt To Equity 228.408
Display Name Waste Management
Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
Dividend Rate 3.54
Dividend Yield 1.52
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,355,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,355,200
Earnings Growth 0.133
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.135
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,268,800
Ebitda 7,662,000,128
Ebitda Margins 0.3015
Enterprise To Ebitda 15.373
Enterprise To Revenue 4.635
Enterprise Value 117,790,998,528
Eps Current Year 8.17767
Eps Forward 9.21104
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.91
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,617,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 221.2612
Fifty Day Average Change 15.448807
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06982158
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 1.7575264
Fifty Two Week High 248.13
Fifty Two Week High Change -11.419998
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04602425
Fifty Two Week Low 194.11
Fifty Two Week Low Change 42.600006
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.21946321
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 400,383,072
Forward Eps 9.21104
Forward P E 25.698511
Free Cashflow 2,136,749,952
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 60,500
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.40605
Gross Profits 10,318,999,552
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00248
Held Percent Institutions 0.86038
Implied Shares Outstanding 401,575,752
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 1,780,617,600
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 95,056,994,304
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_190694
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 2,793,999,872
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 93,699,670,214
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 234.44
Operating Cashflow 6,336,000,000
Operating Margins 0.1752
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.49490002
Peg Ratio 2.38
Phone 713 512 6200
Pre Market Change -0.9900055
Pre Market Change Percent -0.4182356
Pre Market Price 235.72
Pre Market Time 1,784,021,363
Previous Close 233.33
Price Eps Current Year 28.9459
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 9.502229
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.740487
Profit Margins 0.10994001
Quick Ratio 0.801
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.75
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.38
Regular Market Change Percent 1.44859
Regular Market Day High 237.49
Regular Market Day Low 234.0901
Regular Market Day Range 234.0901 - 237.49
Regular Market Open 234.44
Regular Market Previous Close 233.33
Regular Market Price 236.71
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 1,297,039
Return On Assets 0.065960005
Return On Equity 0.29936
Revenue Growth 0.035
Revenue Per Share 63.071
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 401,575,752
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.015800001
Shares Short 6,359,537
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 5,727,580
Short Name Waste Management, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0159
Short Ratio 2.57
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WM
Target High Price 285.0
Target Low Price 210.0
Target Mean Price 256.24
Target Median Price 263.0
Total Cash 158,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.393
Total Debt 22,890,999,808
Total Revenue 25,412,999,168
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.42
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014657352
Trailing Eps 6.91
Trailing P E 34.256153
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.3752
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 221.89944
Two Hundred Day Average Change 14.810562
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06674448
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,297,039
Website https://www.wm.com
Zip 77,002