WM · Waste Management, Inc.
$239.38
+0.12% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-10-23
Market cap
$96B
Enterprise value
$118B
Trailing P/E
33.9
Forward P/E
26.4
Dividend yield
2.0%
Beta
0.43
Avg volume
2M
Employees
60K
Daily Change %
0.12%
5 Days Change
5.40%
10 Days Change
12.87%
30 Days Change
15.02%
60 Days Change
6.05%
Month to Day Change
18.42%
Year to Day Change
10.22%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — WM
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-10-13
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Morgan Stanley
Equal-Weight$220
-8.1% vs priceJP Morgan
Overweight$235
-1.8% vs priceUBS
Buy$270
+12.8% vs priceRBC Capital
Sector Perform$244
+1.9% vs priceBarclays
Overweight$277
+15.7% vs priceCitigroup
Buy$269
+12.4% vs priceWells Fargo
Overweight$268
+12.0% vs priceGoldman Sachs
Buy$256
+6.9% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $230 → $220 |
| 2026-10-08 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Overweight | $270 → $235 |
| 2026-10-08 | CIBC | Maintains | Neutral | $250 → $225 |
| 2026-08-04 | UBS | Maintains | Buy | $265 → $270 |
| 2026-07-30 | RBC Capital | Maintains | Sector Perform | $240 → $244 |
| 2026-07-30 | Stifel | Maintains | Buy | $252 → $261 |
| 2026-07-30 | Barclays | Maintains | Overweight | $270 → $277 |
| 2026-07-16 | Scotiabank | Maintains | Sector Perform | $250 → $260 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-10-23
- bearish: RSI (14): RSI is 79 — overbought territory; the recent run-up may be due for a pause.
- bullish: Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 10.5% above the 50-day MA ($216.58).
- bullish: Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 7.2% above the 200-day MA ($223.33).
- bearish: MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
- bullish: MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+3.41) — short-term momentum is improving.
- bullish: 52-week range: Price is within 5% of the 52-week high ($243.40).
WM Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Waste Management, Inc.
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.
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