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WM Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	95B
Revenue (ttm)	25.7B
Net income (ttm)	2.9B
EPS (ttm)	$7.07
Shares out	401.6M
P/E (trailing)	33.5x
P/E (forward)	27.6x
Dividend	$3.78 (1.60%)
Volume	2,761,812

Beta	0.45

Price target	$258	+9.1%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000823768
Company name	Waste Management, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	94106L109
Employees	60,500
Employees Change	-1,200%
Employees Change Percent	-1.94
Enterprise value	$117.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Waste Management
Industry PE	39.05
Industry PE Fwd	30.55
IPO Date	1988-06-02
Isin	US94106L1098
Last refreshed	2026-07-30
Market cap	$95B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$237
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	424,247.93x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	43.83
Sector PE Fwd	29.85
Sic	4953
Symbol	WM
Website	https://www.wm.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3%
EV Earnings	41.29x
EV Sales Forward	4.38x
EV/EBIT	26.12x
EV/EBITDA	19.56x
EV/FCF	32.97x
EV/Sales	4.59x
FCF yield	3.76%
Forward P/E	27.61x
P/B ratio	9.57x
P/E ratio	33.47x
P/S ratio	3.7x
PE Ratio10 Y	28.97x
PE Ratio3 Y	32.32x
PE Ratio5 Y	32.24x
PEG ratio	2.71x
PS Forward	3.53x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	17.57%
EBITDA Margin	23.46%
FCF margin	13.92%
Gross margin	40.6%
Gross Profit	$10.4B
Gross Profit Growth	9.15%
Gross Profit Growth Q	5.33%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	11.59%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	10.12%
Net Income	$2.9B
Net Income Growth	4.85%
Net Income Growth Q	8.13%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	7.67%
Net Income Growth5 Y	12.26%
Pretax Margin	14.12%
Profit Margin	11.12%
Profit Per Employee	$47,157
Profitable Quarters	$45
Profitable Years	25
ROA	6.57
Roa5y	6.86
ROCE	11.14
ROE	29.84
Roe5y	31.19
ROIC	11.64
Roic5y	11.85

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	15.62%
Cagr15y	16.86%
Cagr1y	5.49%
Cagr20y	13%
Cagr3y	14.98%
Cagr5y	11.93%
Div CAGR10	8.33%
Div CAGR3	9.45%
Div CAGR5	9.58%
EPS Growth	4.73
EPS Growth Q	8.33
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	8.33
EPS Growth5 Y	13.4
FCF Growth	65.19%
FCF Growth Q	34.81%
FCF Growth3 Y	33.37%
FCF Growth5 Y	7.05%
OCF Growth	15.92%
OCF Growth Q	11.72%
OCF Growth10 Y	9.3%
OCF Growth3 Y	14.82%
OCF Growth5 Y	10.56%
Revenue Growth	7.17x
Revenue Growth Q	3.95x
Revenue Growth Quarters	23x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	8.63x
Revenue Growth5 Y	9.22x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.56
Assets	$46.4B
Cash	$557M
Current Assets	$5.4B
Current Liabilities	$5.9B
Debt	$23.4B
Debt EBITDA	$3.88
Debt Equity	$2.35
Debt FCF	$6.54
Equity	$9.9B
Interest Coverage	4.98
Liabilities	$36.5B
Long Term Assets	$41B
Long Term Liabilities	$30.6B
Net Cash	$-22.8B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-24
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.79
Net Debt Equity	$2.3
Net Debt FCF	$6.38
Tangible Book Value	$-7.7B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-19.22
WACC	5.99

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.91
Net Working Capital	$-33M
Quick ratio	0.8
Working Capital	$-551M
Working Capital Turnover	$-37.12

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.01%
Dividend Growth	12.38%
Dividend Growth Years	22%
Dividend per share	$3.78
Dividend Years	29
Dividend Yield	1.6%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-05
Last Dividend	$0.95
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	53.47%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	326.94%
1Y total return	5.48%
200-day SMA	223.1
3Y total return	52.03%
50-day SMA	225.2
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	75.63%
All Time High	248.1
All Time High Change	-4.65%
All Time High Date	2026-03-06
All Time Low	9.75
All Time Low Change	2,326.67%
All Time Low Date	1993-11-22
ATR	5.12
Beta	0.45
Beta1y	-0.37
Beta2y	-0
Ch YTD	7.69
High	242.9
High52	248.1
High52 Date	2026-03-06
High52ch	-4.65%
Low	235.8
Low52	194.1
Low52 Date	2025-11-03
Low52ch	21.89%
Ma50ch	5.07%
Premarket Change Percent	-1.85
Premarket Price	$235
Premarket Volume	7,751
Price vs 200-day SMA	6.05%
RSI	55.84
RSI Monthly	57.58
RSI Weekly	57.56
Sharpe ratio	0.17x
Sortino ratio	0.53
Total Return	1.59%
Tr YTD	8.58
Tr15y	934.75%
Tr1m	4.91%
Tr1w	0.09%
Tr3m	4.52%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	28
Analyst Count Top	12
Analyst Price Target Top	$255
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$2
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	4.17
Earnings Revenue Estimate	6,691,010,584x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	4.06x
Operating Income	$4.8B
Operating Income Growth	8.96
Operating Income Growth Q	6.91
Operating Income Growth3 Y	11.18
Operating Income Growth5 Y	10.58
Operating margin	18.86
Price target	$258
Price Target Change	$9.13
Price Target Change Top	$7.57

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	400,382,127%
Float Percent	99.7%
Net Borrowing	-895,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.17%
Shares Institutions	84.81%
Shares Out	401,575,752
Shares Qo Q	-0.49%
Shares Yo Y	0.01%
Short Float	1.55%
Short Ratio	2.77
Short Shares	1.55

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$3.4B
Adjusted OCF	6,348,000,000
Average Volume	1,711,985.5x
Bv Per Share	24.72
CAPEX	$-2.9B
Ch10y	256.5
Ch15y	624
Ch1m	4.91
Ch1w	0.09
Ch1y	3.82
Ch20y	581.1
Ch3m	4.07
Ch3y	45.21
Ch5y	62.42
Ch6m	2.16
Change	-1.17%
Change From Open	-0.04
Close	239.4
Days Gap	-1.14
Depreciation Amortization	2,940,000,000
Dollar Volume	653,444,719.2
Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$4.5B
EBITDA	$6B
EPS	$7.07
F Score	6
FCF	$3.6B
FCF EV Yield	3.03x
FCF Per Share	$8.9
Financing CF	-3,344,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,968
Goodwill	14,001,000,000
Graham Number	62.70568
Graham Upside	-73.5
Income Tax	$771M
Investing CF	-3,078,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-28
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-09
Lynch Fair Value	$86.69
Lynch Upside	-63.36
Ma150	227
Ma150ch	4.21%
Ma20	235.2
Ma20ch	0.61%
Net CF	86,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-26
Open	236.7
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	26.59
P FCF Ratio SBC	27.91
P OCF Ratio	14.58
P OCF Ratio SBC	14.97
Payment Date	2026-06-18
Position In Range	11.92
Post Close	236.6
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.11
Postmarket Price	$236
Ppne	20,440,000,000
Pre Close	239.4
Price Date	2026-07-29
Price EBITDA	$15.78
Relative Volume	1.61x
Revenue	25,667,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.66x
Share Based Comp	169,000,000
Tax By Revenue	3x
Tax Rate	21.27%
Tr20y	1,051.21%
Tr6m	3.01%
Us State	Texas
Views	501
Volume	2,761,812

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