Industrials
Waste Management, Inc.(WM)
Live Price
Offline$214.60
-0.58% today
1Y Change
-8.57%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $91.50B
- Revenue Growth
- +14.2%
- EPS Growth
- -1.8%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.5%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $91.50B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $214.60 and down 8.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +14.2%, EPS growth of -1.8%, a dividend yield of 1.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +14.2%, EPS -1.8%, free cash flow +30.4% with operating margin 18.5% and ROIC 9.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.9 and price/sales 3.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WM price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+14.2% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+18.5% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
32.9 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +14.2% and EPS is at -1.8%, with operating margin around 18.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -3.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | +1.3% | -1.3% | -5.2% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | -1.0% | -3.7% | -2.2% | +1.0% |
2025 Oct 27, 2025 | -1.5% | -4.5% | -8.0% | -0.9% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
WM
โ
Normalized return
SPY
โ
S&P 500
Excess Return
โ
Relative to SPY
WM Max Drawdown
-17.01%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
โ
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for WM and SPY.
Company Overview
Waste Management, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides waste management environmental services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. 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, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States, as well as owns and operates transfer stations. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned or operated 255 solid waste landfills; 5 secure hazardous waste landfills; 96 MRFs; and 340 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services; 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.
- Leadership
- James C. Fish Jr.
- IPO Date
- Jun 22, 1988
- Employees
- 61.7k
- Street Address
- 800 Capitol Street
- Mailing
- Houston, TX, 77002
- Region
- Houston, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 713-512-6200
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 32.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.4
- Price/Sales
- 3.6
- Price/Book
- 9.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +14.2%
- EPS
- -1.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- +30.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 32.1%
- Operating Margin
- 18.5%
- Net Margin
- 11.0%
- ROE
- 28.9%
- ROIC
- 9.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.28
- Current Ratio
- 0.93
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
After the overview, the strongest next step is usually chart context or a tighter compare set.