WM · Waste Management Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $90.47B |
| P/E | 31.07 |
| Float | 398.4M |
| Beta | 0.40 |
| Volatility | 10.1% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Commercial Services & Supplies |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Low |
| Clavix score | 84.5 |
| Price | 225.78 |
| Change | −0.48% |
| Prev Close | 226.86 |
| Open | 224.78 |
| Day Low | 223.67 |
| Day High | 227.16 |
| Avg Vol | 2 |
| Avg $ Vol | $547.1M |
| 52W High | 248.13 |
| 52W Low | 194.11 |
| 52W Pos | 58.6% |
| From High | −9.01% |
| From Low | +16.32% |
| Max DD 1Y | −18.10% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | +7.68% |
| SMA 50 | +4.40% |
| SMA 200 | +0.57% |
| RSI (14) | 72.8 |
| Vol 30D | 19.5% |
| Vol 90D | 21.4% |
| 1Y Range | 194–248 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +8.63% |
| Perf Month | +6.34% |
| Perf Quarter | −5.10% |
| Perf Half Y | +1.30% |
| Perf Year | +6.16% |
| Perf YTD | +3.38% |
| Prev Day | −0.48% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 2.29 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.89 |
| Int Cover | 5.0× |
| FCF Margin | 24.0% |
| Rev Growth | +14.2% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | High |
| Sector rank | 5 / 10 |
What WM does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayWM grades A-, 84.5 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (80), most exposed on News Sentiment (55, mixed). 2 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Commercial Services & Supplies median. Ranks 5 of 10 in Commercial Services & Supplies by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| WM | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.40 |
| Volatilityannualized | 10.1% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −18.1% |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.65% |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 9 (4%) |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| WM | Commercial Services & Supplies median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.40 | — |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Low | Moderate 60% of 10 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Commercial Services & Supplies names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| WM | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +8.6% |
| 1 month | +6.3% |
| Year to date | +3.4% |
| 1 year | +6.2% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| WM | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 6 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 57 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 16 · 7 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 16 ↑ 7 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the Commercial Services & Supplies names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| WM | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +14.2% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Commercial Services & Supplies median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openThe article compares Waste Management and Republic Services for income investors, noting both trash-hauling companies raised their dividends in 2026 and used pricing power to offset rising costs, though it says the income math between the two tells a different story for retirees who rely on the dividend checks without selling shares.
Waste Management raised its dividend 14.5% in 2026 and reported second-quarter core pricing of 5.7%, even as collection and disposal volume fell 1.8%. Free cash flow jumped 34.5% to $1.10 billion, the Stericycle integration started contributing, and the Healthcare Solutions margin expanded to 19%. The piece compares these results against Republic Services to argue which one pays income investors better.
Waste Management reported strong Q2 results with about $1.1 billion in free cash flow (up roughly a third from a year ago) and a 4% revenue gain to about $6.68 billion, while completing new renewable natural gas and recycling facilities. The company also announced that John Morris will replace CEO Jim Fish in January 2027, and Jim Cramer told Mad Money viewers he would buy some shares near $200 but not a full position.
The article analyzes Waste Management's economic moat, arguing it comes from scarce, hard-to-permit landfills rather than its truck fleet, citing a 29.84% return on equity for an undifferentiated service and earnings growth of 8.10% outpacing 4.00% revenue growth. The stock was trading around $206 on October 5, up 0.71% on the day but down 6.08% over twelve months, with operating cash flow of $6.52 billion and free cash flow of $2.35 billion.
The city of La Porte has signed a five-year contract with WM for waste management and recycling services.
Nearest peers by size
Commercial Services & Supplies| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTAS | Cintas Corp | A- | $84.85B | 41.18 | 0.88 | Compare |
| RSG | Republic Services Inc | A- | $70.90B | 32.45 | 0.34 | Compare |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc | A- | $59.26B | 39.52 | 0.23 | Compare |
| CPRT | Copart Inc | B+ | $25.82B | 17.39 | 1.04 | Compare |
| VLTO | Veralto Corp | A- | $24.63B | 24.93 | 0.77 | Compare |
| RBA | RB Global Inc | B+ | $22.89B | 33.44 | 0.12 | Compare |
| CLH | Clean Harbors Inc | A- | $16.90B | 38.48 | 0.85 | Compare |
| ROL | Rollins Inc | B+ | $16.09B | 30.27 | 0.74 | Compare |
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