Waste Management
About: WM ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 263 active landfills and about 332 transfer stations. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial end markets and is also a leading recycler in North America.
Employees: 48,000
0
Funds holding %
of 7,419 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 7 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
166% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 255 | Existing positions closed: 96
47% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $357M | Put options by funds: $242M
35% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 860 | Existing positions reduced: 639
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,964 [Q3] → 2,081 (+117) [Q4]
3% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 36 [Q3] → 37 (+1) [Q4]
1.94% more ownership
Funds ownership: 79.07% [Q3] → 81.01% (+1.94%) [Q4]
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $65.3B [Q3] → $67.9B (+$2.52B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$235
3%
upside
Avg. target
$244
7%
upside
High target
$260
14%
upside
7 analyst ratings
4 positive
57%
3 neutral
43%
0 negative
0%
UBS Jon Windham 19% 1-year accuracy 5 / 26 met price target | 5%upside $240 | Neutral Maintained | 11 Apr 2025 |
Scotiabank Konark Gupta 100% 1-year accuracy 8 / 8 met price target | 14%upside $260 | Sector Outperform Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
CIBC Kevin Chiang 44% 1-year accuracy 4 / 9 met price target | 8%upside $247 | Neutral Maintained | 5 Mar 2025 |
Citigroup Bryan Burgmeier 100% 1-year accuracy 2 / 2 met price target | 12%upside $255 | Buy Maintained | 3 Feb 2025 |
Oppenheimer Noah Kaye 33% 1-year accuracy 17 / 52 met price target | 4%upside $237 | Outperform Maintained | 31 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 17 articles about WM published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Countdown to Waste Management (WM) Q1 Earnings: Wall Street Forecasts for Key Metrics
Evaluate the expected performance of Waste Management (WM) for the quarter ended March 2025, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
WM Gears Up to Post Q1 Earnings: Here's What You Should Know
Robust segmental growth is expected to have benefited WM's top line in the first quarter of 2025.
Neutral
MarketBeat
1 day ago
3 Stocks to Buy Now for Tariff Immunity
There's a new commodity in the financial markets today, and that's any stock (or business, for that matter) that carries a certain level of immunity to the recent trade tariffs rolled out by President Trump. With the level of uncertainty and volatility spreading across the S&P 500 index and other global markets, these stocks will be the most oversubscribed once more participants realize that safety and immunity will trade at a premium.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
3 Waste Removal Firms Poised to Beat Estimates This Earnings Season
Here, we pick three waste removal service stocks, namely, Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Waste Connections (WCN), WM (WM), which are likely to pull off earnings surprises this season.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
2 days ago
Waste Management Stock (NYSE: WM) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (April 2025)
Shares of Waste Management (NYSE:WM) remained flat over the past month, doing little to disrupt the stock's year-to-date success so far in 2025.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 days ago
Waste Management (WM) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: What to Know Ahead of Q1 Release
Waste Management (WM) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
3 days ago
Waste Management Market to Surge: Projected Growth from $822.05 Billion in 2025 to $1.07 Trillion by 2029
Dublin, April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Waste Management and Remediation Services Market Report 2025" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Waste Management Compliance Training Course: How to Stay Within the Law Masterclass - Classification, Transport, Storage, Compliance
Dublin, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Waste Management Compliance - How to Stay Within the Law Training Course" training has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Waste Management (WM) Sees a More Significant Dip Than Broader Market: Some Facts to Know
In the closing of the recent trading day, Waste Management (WM) stood at $216.47, denoting a -1.85% change from the preceding trading day.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
Bloomberg April Watch List Shows 6 Ideal "Safer" Dividend Buys
Bloomberg Intelligence analysts identified 50 watchable firms for 2025, focusing on catalysts like leadership changes, acquisitions, and new products, with emphasis on AI and electric vehicles. Sixteen of the 35 dividend-paying companies are deemed "safer" with free cash flow yields exceeding dividend yields, including HSBC, China Hongqiao, and ITV. Analysts forecast net gains between 30.99% to 70.82% for top dividend focus companies by April 2026, with Broadcom and Subsea 7 leading projections.
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