WM
Waste Management IncNYSE
Industrials • Waste Management
Factor tilt: Large-Cap Defensive
$236.26-2.08%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $94.88B
- 1 month
- +12.5%
- 3 months
- +4.3%
- 1 year
- +17.8%
- 52-week range
- $200.47$246.51
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- $3.66 · 1.55% yield
- Last ex-date
- Sep 11, 2026 · $0.945
- Dividend growth
- 15+ years in a row
- Short interest
- 1.9% of float7.5M shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · -3.7% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $26.07B
- Net income
- $3.07B
- Free cash flow
- $3.74B
- Book value
- $9.87B
- Total debt
- $23.37B
- P/E
- 30.9×
- Price / sales
- 3.6×
- Price / book
- 9.6×
- FCF yield
- +3.9%
- Net margin
- +11.8%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
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.
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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.
- Website
- wm.com
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX, United States
- Employees
- 60,500
- Listed
- Jun 2, 1988
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Oct 30, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 28, 2026 | $6.8B | +6.3% | 18.7% | $1.3B | $820.0M |
| Jun 2026filed Jul 29, 2026 | $6.7B | +4.0% | 40.8% | $1.3B | $785.0M |
| Mar 2026filed Apr 29, 2026 | $6.2B | +3.5% | 40.7% | $1.1B | $723.0M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 9, 2026 | $6.3B | +7.1% | 29.3% | $1.2B | $742.0M |
| Sep 2025filed Oct 28, 2025 | $6.4B | +14.9% | 29.2% | $1.2B | $603.0M |
| Jun 2025filed Jul 29, 2025 | $6.4B | +19.0% | 29.3% | $1.2B | $726.0M |
| Mar 2025filed Apr 29, 2025 | $6.0B | +16.7% | 28.5% | $1.0B | $637.0M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $5.9B | +13.0% | 28.6% | $941.0M | $598.0M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 9, 2026 | $25.2B | +14.2% | 29.1% | $4.6B | $2.7B |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $22.1B | +8.0% | 29.1% | $4.1B | $2.7B |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 13, 2024 | $20.4B | +3.7% | 28.1% | $3.8B | $2.3B |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 7, 2023 | $19.7B | +9.9% | 27.2% | $3.4B | $2.2B |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 15, 2022 | $17.9B | +17.8% | 26.9% | $3.0B | $1.8B |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 22, 2021 | $15.2B | -1.5% | 27.6% | $2.5B | $1.5B |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched WM. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
7,504,203 shares short
-284,842 shares (-3.7%) vs Sep 30, 2026
1.9% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
7,789,045 shares short
+2,022,768 shares (+35.1%) vs Sep 15, 2026
2% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
5,766,277 shares short
-21,483 shares (-0.4%) vs Aug 31, 2026
1.4% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
5,787,760 shares short
-336,081 shares (-5.5%) vs Aug 14, 2026
1.4% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
6,123,841 shares short
-72,462 shares (-1.2%) vs Jul 31, 2026
1.5% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
6,196,303 shares short
-23,036 shares (-0.4%) vs Jul 15, 2026
1.5% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind WM’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
USD 0.945 per share
Ex-dividend date: Sep 11, 2026
Recorded pay date: Sep 25, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.945 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 5, 2026
Recorded pay date: Jun 18, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.945 per share
Ex-dividend date: Mar 13, 2026
Recorded pay date: Mar 27, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.825 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 5, 2025
Recorded pay date: Dec 19, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.825 per share
Ex-dividend date: Sep 12, 2025
Recorded pay date: Sep 26, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.825 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 6, 2025
Recorded pay date: Jun 20, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
No qualified split events are stored. This does not establish that the stock has never split.
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
246 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Nov 2, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: accumulating (heavy)
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Sentiment: neutral
Last trade: sell 60 days ago
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: neutral. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
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What happened
Stored recent-activity label: neutral. This context label is separate from the scored insider signal read.
Why it can matter
A count of reported activity describes a sample, not purchase conviction, an insider’s intent or a future price move. Neutral is not an all-clear, and absent direction is not neutral evidence.
How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
Where the data comes from
Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
2,388 filers reported a long position in WM for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
44.7%
of the 332.5M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
4 added6 trimmed
Net shares held
+0.4%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $6.8B · 30.7M shares | 30.7M | +1.8% |
| 2 | GATES FOUNDATION TRUST | $6B · 26.7M shares | 26.7M | -3.3% |
| 3 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $5.6B · 25.2M shares | 25.2M | 0% |
| 4 | STATE STREET CORP | $4B · 18M shares | 18M | +2.9% |
| 5 | Capital Research Global Investors | $2.3B · 10.4M shares | 10.4M | +19.5% |
| 6 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $2.3B · 10.1M shares | 10.1M | -1.1% |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $2B · 9.1M shares | 9.1M | -1.3% |
| 8 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | $1.6B · 7.1M shares | 7.1M | -4.6% |
| 9 | MORGAN STANLEY | $1.5B · 6.6M shares | 6.6M | -7% |
| 10 | PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC | $1.1B · 4.8M shares | 4.8M | -3.8% |
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Holders of more than 5% of WM file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 7.16% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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