WM
Waste Management
Industrials · Environmental & Facilities Services · US
$220.40
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$86.5B
Total market value of the company
31.20
Premium valuation
23.30
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.5%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
29.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$256.04
+16% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 25 analysts covering this stock
About Waste Management

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.

https://www.wm.com

Country: United States Employees: 60,500 Industry: Waste Management
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
50.0% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.7% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
7.9% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$185.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-19.1%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
38.4th
Ranks in the top 62% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
50.5
Quality Score
57.0
Combined
35.2

Trading at $215, 16% above fair value of $185. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 14% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.285
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0225
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.204
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
3.7%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-18.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
53
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.50
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$248.13
11% below the year high
52W Low
$194.11
14% above the year low
Avg Volume
2,129,806
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.4
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.7%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
159.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$6.91
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

2.28
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
0.93
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.80
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
40.6%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
17.5%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$2.1B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$25.4B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$2.8B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
25
Target High
$285.00
Target Median
$256.04
Target Low
$210.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-20 DALBY MARCEL Officer 2,257
2026-05-20 HEMMER TARA J Chief Operating Officer 2,544
2026-05-15 CHINN BRUCE E. Director 861 $190,031
2026-05-15 GLUSKI ANDRES RICARDO Director 861 $190,031
2026-05-15 BENE THOMAS L Director 861 $190,031
2026-05-15 SYLVESTER MARYROSE T Director 861 $190,031
2026-05-15 HOLT VICTORIA M Director 861 $190,031
2026-05-15 MAZZARELLA KATHLEEN M. Director 1,314 $290,013
2026-05-15 PLUMMER WILLIAM B Director 861 $190,031
2026-05-15 MENKE SEAN EDWARD Director 861 $190,031
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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