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Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

Industrials | Waste Management | Houston, United States | NYSE
219.66 USD +1.90 (0.873%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 219.75 +0.09 (0.041%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:43 a.m. EDT

Waste Management operates a high-quality, defensive business with a massive competitive moat, evidenced by its nearly 30% return on equity and consistent revenue growth. However, the stock trades at a premium valuation with a forward P/E near 25 times earnings and a heavy debt load that strains the balance sheet. While the dividend is safe and growing, the yield is modest and unlikely to outpace inflation on its own. Options traders are clearly defining a trading range, betting on a bounce off the $220 support level but expecting resistance near $250. The statistical forecast offers no directional edge, suggesting the market is currently pricing in a wait-and-see approach rather than a breakout. Investors should view this as a steady income play with limited capital appreciation potential in the near term, rather than a high-growth opportunity.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.028499
AutoETS0.029259
MSTL0.030979
AutoTheta0.054190

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 0.09
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.206
Excess Kurtosis -1.05
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-04
Debt to Equity Ratio 235.301
Revenue per Share 63.753
Market Cap 87,801,438,208
Trailing P/E 31.03
Forward P/E 24.09
Beta 0.44
Profit Margins 11.12%
Website https://www.wm.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:43 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound outcome between $220 and $250. There is a dense wall of put open interest at the $220 strike, establishing a psychological floor, while call open interest clusters heavily at $240 and $250, capping upside expectations. Implied volatility remains subdued across most expirations, indicating a lack of fear regarding immediate large moves, though deep out-of-the-money puts show elevated premiums suggesting a hedge against a severe crash.

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 3.78
dividendYield 1.74
exDividendDate 2026-09-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.54
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.01625643
lastDividendValue 0.945
lastDividendDate 2026-06-05
dividendDate 2026-06-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.035307646
Address1 800 Capitol Street
Address2 Suite 3000
All Time High 248.13
All Time Low 1.375
Ask 219.58
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,956,580
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,093,756
Average Volume 2,093,756
Average Volume10Days 1,956,580
Beta 0.437
Bid 218.85
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 1
Book Value 24.815
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 219.66
Current Ratio 0.907
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 220.01
Day Low 217.86
Debt To Equity 235.301
Display Name Waste Management
Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
Dividend Rate 3.78
Dividend Yield 1.74
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,333,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,333,600
Earnings Growth 0.083
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.081
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,044,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,044,800
Ebitda 7,774,000,128
Ebitda Margins 0.30288
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.227
Enterprise To Revenue 4.309
Enterprise Value 110,601,437,184
Eps Current Year 8.12753
Eps Forward 9.11924
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.08
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,084,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 228.151
Fifty Day Average Change -8.490997
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.037216567
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.5307646
Fifty Two Week High 248.13
Fifty Two Week High Change -28.470001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11473825
Fifty Two Week Low 194.11
Fifty Two Week Low Change 25.550003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.13162641
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 398,524,033
Forward Eps 9.11924
Forward P E 24.087534
Free Cashflow 2,348,375,040
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 60,500
Fullday Change 1.90001
Fullday Change Percent 0.872524
Fullday Price 219.75
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.40601003
Gross Profits 10,421,000,192
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0025499999
Held Percent Institutions 0.86
Implied Shares Outstanding 399,715,184
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 87,801,438,208
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_190694
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 2,852,999,936
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 87,041,978,467
Number Of Analyst Opinions 25
Open 218.87
Operating Cashflow 6,517,000,192
Operating Margins 0.18986
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.5007
Peg Ratio 2.28
Phone 713 512 6200
Post Market Change 0.08999634
Post Market Change Percent 0.040970743
Post Market Price 219.75
Post Market Time 1,787,961,414
Previous Close 217.76
Price Eps Current Year 27.02666
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 8.851904
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.4207907
Profit Margins 0.11115
Quick Ratio 0.801
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.75
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.90001
Regular Market Change Percent 0.872524
Regular Market Day High 220.01
Regular Market Day Low 217.86
Regular Market Day Range 217.86 - 220.01
Regular Market Open 218.87
Regular Market Previous Close 217.76
Regular Market Price 219.66
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,962,194
Return On Assets 0.06566
Return On Equity 0.29841
Revenue Growth 0.04
Revenue Per Share 63.753
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 399,715,184
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0153
Shares Short 6,123,841
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 6,219,339
Short Name Waste Management, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0153
Short Ratio 3.19
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol WM
Target High Price 277.0
Target Low Price 220.0
Target Mean Price 259.92
Target Median Price 263.0
Total Cash 557,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.393
Total Debt 23,356,000,256
Total Revenue 25,667,000,320
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.54
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.01625643
Trailing Eps 7.08
Trailing P E 31.025425
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.2383
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 224.7711
Two Hundred Day Average Change -5.1110992
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.02273913
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,962,194
Website https://www.wm.com
Zip 77,002