Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
- Previous Close
200.55 - Open
200.74 - Bid 200.86 x 1000
- Ask 202.40 x 800
- Day's Range
200.42 - 202.54 - 52 Week Range
149.71 - 214.54 - Volume
1,471,096 - Avg. Volume
1,747,384 - Market Cap (intraday)
80.902B - Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.75
- PE Ratio (TTM)
33.01 - EPS (TTM)
6.11 - Earnings Date Jul 23, 2024 - Jul 29, 2024
- Forward Dividend & Yield 3.00 (1.49%)
- Ex-Dividend Date Jun 7, 2024
- 1y Target Est
227.74
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
www.wm.com48,000
Full Time Employees
December 31
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Valuation Measures
Market Cap
80.90B
Enterprise Value
96.68B
Trailing P/E
33.01
Forward P/E
28.17
PEG Ratio (5yr expected)
2.70
Price/Sales (ttm)
3.95
Price/Book (mrq)
11.42
Enterprise Value/Revenue
4.67
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
16.71
Financial Highlights
Profitability and Income Statement
Profit Margin
11.98%
Return on Assets (ttm)
7.84%
Return on Equity (ttm)
35.30%
Revenue (ttm)
20.69B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)
2.48B
Diluted EPS (ttm)
6.11
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Total Cash (mrq)
322M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)
227.44%
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)
1.46B
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Waste Management Announces Acquisition of Medical Waste Specialist Stericycle for $62 Per Share
WM ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 263 active landfills and about 332 transfer stations. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial end markets and is also a leading recycler in North America.
RatingPrice TargetWaste Management: Renewable Natural Gas Business May Be on the Selling Block
WM ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 263 active landfills and about 332 transfer stations. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial end markets and is also a leading recycler in North America.
RatingPrice TargetRecent relative weakness offers buying opportunity
Houston-based Waste Management Inc. is North America's leading provider of comprehensive waste management services, serving municipal, commercial, industrial and residential customers. The company has five business segments: Collection, Landfill, Transfer, Recycling and Other. It is also a leading developer, operator, and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities, and the largest recycler in the U.S. The company has approximately 48,000 employees. The WM shares are a component of the S&P 500.
RatingPrice TargetThe technical scorecard for stocks remains bullish, as indices at new all-time
The technical scorecard for stocks remains bullish, as indices at new all-time highs (and others missing by only a few points) are actually lagging advance/decline lines that have led price to new highs. Historically, when market breadth leads price, it has been bullish when looking out six to 12 months.