Waste Management is a waste management business based in the US. Waste Management shares (WM) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $227.07 – a decrease of 0.13% over the previous week. Waste Management employs 61,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $22.1 billion.
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Waste Management stock price (NYSE: WM)
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Waste Management price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $226.24 from 2025-03-24
1 week (2025-03-18)
0.16%
1 month (2025-02-26)
-1.07%
3 months (2024-12-26)
10.35%
6 months (2024-09-26)
10.18%
1 year (2024-03-25)
6.83%
2 years (2023-03-24)
51.07%
3 years (2022-03-25)
51.78%
5 years (2020-03-25)
170.05%
Is Waste Management stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Waste Management stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Waste Management's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Waste Management's P/E ratio
Waste Management's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 33x. In other words, Waste Management shares trade at around 33x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Waste Management's PEG ratio
Waste Management's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.81. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Waste Management's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Waste Management's EBITDA
Waste Management's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $6.6 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Waste Management's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Waste Management financials
Revenue TTM
$22.1 billion
Operating margin TTM
18.68%
Gross profit TTM
$8.7 billion
Return on assets TTM
6.96%
Return on equity TTM
36.24%
Profit margin
12.45%
Book value
$20.55
Market Capitalization
$91.2 billion
TTM: trailing 12 months
Waste Management's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Waste Management.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Waste Management's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 10.59
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Waste Management's overall score of 10.59 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Waste Management is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Waste Management's environmental score
Environmental score: 3.19/100
Waste Management's social score
Social score: 3.11/100
Waste Management's governance score
Governance score: 0.22/100
Waste Management's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Waste Management scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Waste Management has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Waste Management Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score
10.59
Total ESG percentile
5.48
Environmental score
3.19
Social score
3.11
Governance score
0.22
Level of controversy
2
Waste Management share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 42.53% of net profits
Recently Waste Management has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Waste Management shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Waste Management's case, that would currently equate to about $3 per share.
While Waste Management's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Waste Management may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Waste Management's most recent dividend payout was on 27 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Waste Management share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Waste Management's shares have ranged in value from as little as $194.5034 up to $234.9384. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Waste Management's is 0.762. This would suggest that Waste Management's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Waste Management overview
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; 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 includes 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.
Frequently asked questions
What percentage of Waste Management is owned by insiders or institutions? Currently 0.213% of Waste Management shares are held by insiders and 85.145% by institutions.How many people work for Waste Management? Latest data suggests 61,700 work at Waste Management.When does the fiscal year end for Waste Management? Waste Management's fiscal year ends in December.Where is Waste Management based? Waste Management's address is: 800 Capitol Street, Houston, TX, United States, 77002What is Waste Management's ISIN number? Waste Management's international securities identification number is: US94106L1098What is Waste Management's CUSIP number? Waste Management's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 902917103
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