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Waste Management Inc

WM
219.250USD
+1.720+0.79%
Close 10/10, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
88.27BMarket Cap
32.44P/E TTM

Waste Management Inc

219.250
+1.720+0.79%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Waste Management Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Waste Management Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
7 / 167
Overall Ranking
62 / 4697
Industry
Professional & Commercial Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 26 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
254.173
Target Price
+15.93%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Waste Management Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Waste Management, Inc. is a holding company. The Company is a provider of environmental solutions. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Company evaluates its Collection and Disposal businesses primarily through two geographic segments: East Tier and West Tier. Its East Tier primarily consists of geographic areas located in the Eastern U.S., the Great Lakes region and substantially all of Canada. West Tier includes geographic areas located in the Western U.S., including the upper Midwest region, and British Columbia, Canada. It also provides ancillary services. Its Recycling Processing and Sales segment includes the processing and sales of materials collected from residential, commercial and industrial customers. Its WM Renewable Energy segment develops, operates and promotes projects for the beneficial use of landfill gas.
Industry Leader
The company's revenue leads the industry, with the latest annual revenue totaling USD 22.06B.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 22.70.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 44.06%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 44.06%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 32.39, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 338.04M shares, decreasing 1.04% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Bill Gates
Star Investor Bill Gates holds 32.23M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company's current financial score is 8.81, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.36. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 6.43B, representing a year-over-year increase of 19.03%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 6.76%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.81
Change
0

Financials

5.99

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

9.72

Operational Efficiency

9.43

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

8.91

Waste Management Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current valuation score is 6.08, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.05. Its current P/E ratio is 32.39, which is 16.09% below the recent high of 37.60 and 17.87% above the recent low of 26.60.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.08
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 7/167
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.69, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.65. The average price target for Waste Management Inc is 261.00, with a high of 275.00 and a low of 197.45.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.69
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 26 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
254.173
Target Price
+15.93%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

25
Total
6
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Waste Management Inc
WM
26
Waste Connections Inc
WCN
25
Republic Services Inc
RSG
24
Veralto Corp
VLTO
20
GFL Environmental Inc
GFL
18
Clean Harbors Inc
CLH
12
1
2
3
4
5

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current price momentum score is 8.59, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 6.48. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 222.68 and the support level at 214.77, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.96
Change
1.63

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(4)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.833
Neutral
RSI(14)
49.040
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
49.115
Neutral
ATR(14)
3.350
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
1.913
Neutral
Williams %R
36.933
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
-0.062
Sell
StochRSI(14)
79.372
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(3)
Neutral(0)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
218.402
Buy
MA10
218.881
Buy
MA20
217.864
Buy
MA50
223.090
Sell
MA100
227.424
Sell
MA200
225.278
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 6.79. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 83.91%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.09%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 37.48M shares, representing 9.31% of shares outstanding, with 0.60% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
37.48M
+0.78%
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
Star Investors
32.23M
--
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
19.42M
-2.64%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
18.44M
-0.56%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
8.65M
+1.48%
Parnassus Investments, LLC
Star Investors
5.71M
-3.57%
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (US)
5.14M
+0.56%
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)
4.65M
-7.05%
Nordea Funds Oy
3.83M
-10.75%
Pictet Asset Management Ltd.
2.92M
-9.86%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.75, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 5.71. The company's beta value is 0.63. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.75
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.63
VaR
+1.68%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+12.22%
240-Day Volatility
+19.29%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+3.36%
120 days
+3.36%
5 years
+6.15%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-2.17%
120 days
-3.08%
5 years
-8.03%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-0.69
120 days
-0.59
5 years
+0.89

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+12.22%
3 years
+12.81%
5 years
+17.09%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.41
3 years
+0.87
5 years
+1.03
Skewness
240 days
+0.63
3 years
+0.00
5 years
-0.10

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+19.29%
5 years
+18.81%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+1.69%
5 years
+1.29%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-91.90%
240 days
-91.90%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+13.19%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+11.46%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.41%
120 days
+0.43%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+2.18%
60 days
+0.17%
120 days
+4.86%

Peer Comparison

Professional & Commercial Services
Waste Management Inc
Waste Management Inc
WM
8.05 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Heidrick & Struggles International Inc
Heidrick & Struggles International Inc
HSII
8.48 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Clean Harbors Inc
Clean Harbors Inc
CLH
8.36 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
S&P Global Inc
S&P Global Inc
SPGI
8.16 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Waste Connections Inc
Waste Connections Inc
WCN
8.13 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
McGrath RentCorp
McGrath RentCorp
MGRC
8.12 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
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