WM

NYSE Waste Management, Inc.
Oct 12, 2026 · 10:33 PM ET EOD Market Closed

$211.14 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $211.14, $0.70 below the day’s high of $211.84

YTD change
-3.90%
vs 20-day SMA
+1.09%
vs 200-day SMA
-5.99%

Price ranges

Previous day
$207.30 $210.34
open $209.29 close $208.83
-$0.46 (-0.22%)
Today
$208.49 $211.84
open $209.72 now $211.14
+$1.42 (+0.68%)
Past week
$202.53 $211.23
from $204.45 now $211.14
+$6.69 (+3.27%)
Past month
$200.58 $219.64
from $213.46 now $211.14
-$2.32 (-1.09%)
This year
$200.58 $248.13
from $219.71 now $211.14
-$8.57 (-3.90%)

Price & Performance

-19.86 (-8.60%) / 6M

$198.67$214.27$229.88$245.48Apr 13Jul 14Oct 12

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Very Good
  • The stock is 14.9% away from all-time highs of $248.13
  • WM is down 4% since the beginning of the year
  • WM is down 4% over the past 12 months
  • WM is down 1% over the past 1 month
  • 1% of all WM investors are betting against WM
  • Number of investors short WM has gone up 4% versus last month

WM reads very good: price sits above one of the two key moving averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is -2.7%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $1.92
Earnings momentum +5.7% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change +5.7%

Valuation

P/E ratio 34.59
Enterprise value $115.3B
Beta 0.51

Balance sheet & scale

Income$2.7M
Revenue$23.9B
Cash$485.0M
Debt$24.0M
Income / Debt 0.11×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Sub Sector Waste Management and Remediation Services
Market cap $85.1B

Waste Management, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of waste management environmental services. It operates through the following segments: Collection and Disposal-East Tier (East Tier), Collection and Disposal-West Tier (West Tier), Recycling Processing and Sales, WM Renewable Energy, and VM Healthcare Solutions. The East Tier segment includes the Eastern United States, the Great Lakes Region, and Canada. The West Tier segment refers to the upper Midwest region and British Columbia, Canada. The Recycling Processing and Sales segment focuses on the processing and sales of materials collected from residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The WM Renewable Energy segment develops, operates, and promotes projects for landfill gas use. The VM Healthcare Solutions segment relates to its primarily business to business company providing services that protect people and brands, promote health and well-being and safeguard the environment. The company was founded on September 30, 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
RSG Republic Services, Inc. $219.75 +1.32%
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. $153.71 +0.58%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc $42.38 -0.94%
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Class A $85.20 +1.69%
PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. $13.30 -3.34%

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