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WM:NYSE
Waste Management Inc
$206.66
+1.07%
(+2.19) 1D
$207.00
+0.16% (+0.34)
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Open
$204.51
High
$207.14
Low
$202.53
Mkt. cap
82.61B
Avg. vol.
2.22M
Volume
0.00
Dividend
1.83%
Quarterly dividend
$0.94
Ex-dividend date
Sep 11, 2026
P/E ratio
29.26
52-wk high
$248.13
52-wk low
$194.11
EPS
$7.06
Beta
0.42
Shares outstanding
399.72M
No. of employees
60K
Open
$204.51
High
$207.14
Low
$202.53
Mkt. cap
82.61B
Avg. vol.
2.22M
Volume
0.00
Dividend
1.83%
Quarterly dividend
$0.94
Ex-dividend date
Sep 11, 2026
P/E ratio
29.26
52-wk high
$248.13
52-wk low
$194.11
EPS
$7.06
Beta
0.42
Shares outstanding
399.72M
No. of employees
60K
News stories
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Profile
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, is a waste management an American company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas. The company's network includes 337 transfer stations, 254 active landfills, 97 recycling plants, 135 landfill gas utilization projects, and six power plants. WM serves approximately 21 million residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial customers across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The company operates the industry's largest trucking fleet, with 26,000 collection and transfer vehicles. WM and its largest competitor, Republic Services, Inc., manage more than half of the garbage collection in the United States. Wikipedia
About Waste Management Inc
CEOJames C. Fish Jr.
Employees60.5K
Founded1968
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, United States
SectorService
Websitewm.com
Analyst ratings
Based on 20 analysts giving stock ratings to WM in the past 3 months
Buy
Buy
13
Hold
7
Sell
0
12-month forecast
Based on 20 Wall Street analysts offering 12 month price targets for WM in the last 3 months.
Highest
Current $206.66
$277.00 (+34.04%)
Average
$260.76 (+26.18%)
Lowest
$230.00 (+11.29%)
Analyst
Recommendation
Action
Price target
Projected
Date
Tobey Sommer
Truist Financial
Buy
Reiterated
-
-
09/25/2026
Jerry Revich
Wells Fargo
Buy
Maintained
$268.00
+29.7%
09/16/2026
Nigel Coe
Wolfe Research
Hold
Initiated
-
-
09/15/2026
Connor Cerniglia
Bernstein
Buy
Maintained
$270.00
+30.6%
09/08/2026
Konark Gupta
Scotiabank
Hold
Maintained
$260.00
+25.8%
08/27/2026
Trevor Romeo
William Blair
Buy
Reiterated
-
-
08/26/2026
Unknown Analyst
Jefferies
Buy
Reiterated
$271.00
+31.1%
08/20/2026
Jon Windham
UBS
Buy
Maintained
$270.00
+30.6%
08/04/2026
Unknown Analyst
Oppenheimer
Buy
Maintained
$263.00
+27.3%
07/31/2026
James Schumm
TD Cowen
Buy
Maintained
$275.00
+33.1%
07/30/2026
Stephanie Price
CIBC
Hold
Maintained
$250.00
+21%
07/30/2026
Kevin Chiang
CIBC
Hold
Maintained
$250.00
+21%
07/30/2026
Faiza Alwy
Deutsche Bank
Buy
Maintained
$270.00
+30.6%
07/30/2026
Devin Dodge
BMO Capital
Hold
Reiterated
$240.00
+16.1%
07/30/2026
Sabahat Khan
RBC Capital
Hold
Reiterated
$244.00
+18.1%
07/30/2026
Toni Kaplan
Morgan Stanley
Hold
Maintained
$230.00
+11.3%
07/30/2026
William Grippin
Barclays
Buy
Maintained
$277.00
+34%
07/30/2026
Shlomo Rosenbaum
Stifel Nicolaus
Buy
Maintained
$261.00
+26.3%
07/30/2026
Michael Feniger
Bank of America Securities
Hold
Reiterated
$245.00
+18.6%
07/29/2026
Adam Bubes
Goldman Sachs
Buy
Reiterated
$270.00
+30.6%
07/15/2026
Bryan Burgmeier
Citi
Buy
Maintained
$269.00
+30.2%
07/10/2026
Unknown Analyst
Erste Group
Hold
Maintained
-
-
06/24/2026
John Eade
Argus Research
Buy
Maintained
-
-
05/07/2026
David Manthey
Robert W. Baird
Buy
Maintained
$265.00
+28.2%
04/30/2026
Noah Kaye
Oppenheimer
Buy
Maintained
$264.00
+27.7%
04/30/2026
Tami Zakaria
J.P. Morgan
Buy
Maintained
$270.00
+30.6%
04/10/2026
Brad Hewitt
Wolfe Research
Hold
Initiated
-
-
03/13/2026
Stephanie Moore
Jefferies
Buy
Maintained
$250.00
+21%
01/29/2026
Last report
Jul 29, 2026
Fiscal period
Q2 2026
EPS / Est. (USD)
$2.02 / $1.98
+2.14%beat
Revenue / Est. (USD)
6.68B / 6.71B
-0.40%miss
Fiscal Q2 2026 earnings call
Waiting for the earnings call
At a glance
Insights from the latest news and reports
Previous reportsAll values in USD
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Revenue
Net income
All values in USD
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Revenue
6.44B
6.31B
6.23B
6.68B
Cost of goods sold
3.83B
3.69B
3.69B
3.96B
Cost of revenue
3.83B
3.69B
3.69B
3.96B
Research and development expenses
-
-
-
-
Total research and development expenses
-
-
-
-
Selling, general, and admin expenses
665.00M
585.00M
707.00M
683.00M
Operating expense
1.39B
1.36B
1.44B
1.46B
Total operating expenses
5.23B
5.05B
5.14B
5.42B
Operating income
1.22B
1.26B
1.09B
1.27B
Other non operating income
7.00M
4.00M
3.00M
4.00M
EBT including unusual items
775.00M
935.00M
891.00M
1.02B
EBT excluding unusual items
1.00B
1.04B
869.00M
1.04B
Income tax expense
172.00M
193.00M
168.00M
238.00M
Effective tax rate
22.19%
20.64%
18.86%
23.24%
Other operating expenses
-
-
-
-
Net income
603.00M
742.00M
723.00M
785.00M
Net profit margin
9.36%
11.75%
11.61%
11.74%
Earnings per share
1.98
1.93
1.81
2.02
Interest and investment income
-
-
-
-
Interest expense
-225.00M
-223.00M
-225.00M
-233.00M
Net interest expenses
-225.00M
-223.00M
-225.00M
-233.00M
Depreciation and amortization charges
729.00M
770.00M
735.00M
777.00M
EBITDA
1.94B
2.04B
1.79B
2.01B
Gain or loss from assets sale
211.00M
-230.00M
-27.00M
5.00M
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