WM

Waste Management Inc

WM.US wm.com
213.46
-1.31 (-0.61%)
USD · NYSE
52-week range
190.92
246.05
Trading at 41% of the 52-week range
Market Cap
85.85B
P/E Ratio
30.33
Forward P/E
23.47
Book Value
24.82
Div. Yield
1.64%
% Institutions
86.00%
% Insiders
0.255%

1 Year

-1.2%

3 Year

+40.9%

10 Year

+307.2%
Description

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.

Company Information

Company Name
Waste Management Inc
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Waste Management
Exchange
NYSE
ISIN: US94106L1098
CIK: 0000823768
CUSIP: 902917103
Currency: USD
Full Time Employees: 60,500
Phone: 713 512 6200
Website: wm.com
Fiscal Year End: December
IPO Date: Jun 02, 1988
Description:

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.

Address:

800 Capitol Street, Houston, TX, United States, 77002

People

Directors & Officers

Name Title Year Born
Mr. James C. Fish Jr. CEO & Director 1962
Mr. John J. Morris Jr. President 1970
Mr. David L. Reed CFO & Executive VP 1978
Ms. Tara J. Hemmer Executive VP & COO 1973
Mr. John A. Carroll VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1973
Mr. Johnson Varkey Senior VP & Chief Information Officer 1973
Mr. Edward A. Egl Director of Investor Relations NA
Mr. Charles C. Boettcher J.D. Executive VP of Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer 1974
Mr. Charles S. Schwager VP and Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer NA
Ms. Kimberly G. Stith Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer 1966

Insider Trading

Date Insider Name Title Transaction Type Shares Price Value
Mar 30, 2026 Ro Khanna N/A Purchase N/A $229.79 N/A
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna N/A Purchase N/A $227.60 N/A
Mar 09, 2026 Christopher P Desantis N/A Sale 61.00 $245.50 $14.98K
Mar 09, 2026 David L Reed N/A Sale 75.00 $245.26 $18.39K
Mar 09, 2026 John A Carroll N/A Sale 47.00 $245.30 $11.53K
Mar 09, 2026 John J Morris N/A Sale 4.21K $243.38 $1.02M
Mar 09, 2026 Johnson Varkey N/A Sale 121.00 $245.27 $29.68K
Mar 06, 2026 John J Morris N/A Sale 7.98K $245.07 $1.96M
Mar 03, 2026 Johnson Varkey N/A Sale 617.00 $244.13 $150.63K
Mar 02, 2026 Kimberly G Stith N/A Sale 21.00 $243.13 $5.11K
Mar 02, 2026 Tara J Hemmer N/A Sale 4.82K $241.83 $1.17M
Mar 02, 2026 Michael J Watson N/A Sale 17.25K $241.81 $4.17M
Mar 02, 2026 David L Reed N/A Sale 21.00 $242.65 $5.10K
Feb 26, 2026 David L Reed N/A Sale 37.00 $229.67 $8.50K
Feb 26, 2026 John A Carroll N/A Sale 37.00 $229.47 $8.49K
Feb 17, 2026 Donald J Smith N/A Sale 12.19K $233.48 $2.85M
Feb 13, 2026 Rafael Carrasco N/A Sale 7.35K $234.50 $1.72M
Feb 11, 2026 John A Carroll N/A Sale 1.02K $234.71 $239.64K
Feb 10, 2026 James C Fish Jr N/A Sale 5.71K $230.87 $1.32M
Feb 09, 2026 James C Fish Jr N/A Sale 30.39K $230.36 $7.00M

Shareholders

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
BlackRock Inc 30.20M Mar 31, 2026 7.56% $0.12 1.59%
Gates Bill & Melinda Foundation 26.72M Jun 30, 2026 6.68% $17.30 -3.33%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 25.17M Mar 31, 2026 6.30% $0.14 0.00%
State Street Corp 17.50M Mar 31, 2026 4.38% $0.14 0.64%
Capital Research Global Investors 10.44M Jun 30, 2026 2.61% $0.32 19.54%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 10.24M Mar 31, 2026 2.56% $0.12 0.00%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 9.19M Mar 31, 2026 2.30% $0.13 2.21%
CI Private Wealth LLC 8.17M Jun 30, 2026 2.04% $0.10 2,474.30%
Ameriprise Financial Inc 7.43M Mar 31, 2026 1.86% $0.40 11.12%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts 7.08M Mar 31, 2026 1.77% $0.10 6.08%
Parnassus Investments LLC 4.79M Jun 30, 2026 1.20% $2.85 -3.81%
NORGES BANK 4.77M Jun 30, 2026 1.19% $0.11 2.49%
Royal Bank of Canada 4.40M Mar 31, 2026 1.10% $0.18 84.90%
Wells Fargo & Co 4.26M Mar 31, 2026 1.07% $0.18 14.06%
Northern Trust Corp 3.91M Mar 31, 2026 0.98% $0.12 1.21%
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc 3.65M Mar 31, 2026 0.91% $0.10 8.40%
Bank of America Corp 3.35M Mar 31, 2026 0.84% $0.06 -6.07%
UBS Asset Mgmt Americas Inc 3.09M Mar 31, 2026 0.77% $0.15 2.84%
Amundi 2.98M Mar 31, 2026 0.75% $0.19 -8.85%
Nordea Investment Mgmt Bank Demark A/s 2.96M Jun 30, 2026 0.74% $0.54 -14.73%

Fund Holdings

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest 12.79M 3.20% ▲ 0.28% Jul 31, 2026
2 Vanguard 500 Index Investor 9.70M 2.43% ▲ 1.06% Jul 31, 2026
3 iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 4.92M 1.23% ▼ 0.16% Aug 31, 2026
4 Fidelity 500 Index 4.78M 1.20% ▲ 0.80% Jul 31, 2026
5 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF 4.53M 1.13% ▲ 0.02% Aug 31, 2026
6 Capital Group American Mutual Comp 4.08M 1.02% ▲ 19.34% Jun 30, 2026
7 American Funds American Mutual A 4.08M 1.02% ▲ 19.34% Jun 30, 2026
8 Vanguard MStar Value Index Investor 3.82M 0.96% ▲ 0.19% Jul 31, 2026
9 Parnassus Core Equity Investor 3.59M 0.90% ▲ 0.47% Jul 31, 2026
10 American Funds AMCAP A 2.55M 0.64% ▲ 60.72% Jun 30, 2026

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $85.85B
EBITDA: $7.77B
P/E Ratio: $30.33
PEG Ratio: $1.98
Book Value: $24.82
Dividend/Share: $3.54
Dividend Yield: 1.64%
Earnings/Share: $7.08
Profit Margin: 11.12%
Operating Margin: 18.99%
ROA (TTM): 6.57%
ROE (TTM): 29.84%
Revenue (TTM): $25.67B
Revenue/Share (TTM): $63.75
Earnings Growth (YOY): 8.30%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 4.00%

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $109.31B
Trailing P/E: 30.33
Forward P/E: 23.47

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 399.72M
Shares Float: 398.53M
% Insiders: 0.255%
% Institutions: 86.00%
Short % Float: 1.45%

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Line Item
Step Type
Value
Revenue
adjust
$25.20B
Cost of Goods Sold
adjust
$-17.88B
Gross Profit
subtotal
$7.33B
SG&A
adjust
$-2.72B
Operating Income
subtotal
$4.61B
Other / Non-Operating Items
adjust
$-1.90B
Net Income
subtotal
$2.71B

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