On Friday, Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) was -0.11% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $228.46. A 52-week range for WM has been $168.73 – $230.39.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 6.69% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 18.35%. With a float of $400.51 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $401.46 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 48000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 34.39%, operating margin of 18.63%, and the pretax margin is 15.91%.
Waste Management, Inc (WM) Insider Updates
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Waste Management, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Waste Management, Inc is 0.21%, while institutional ownership is 82.14%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 21 ’24, was worth 3,083,278. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 5,257 for $225.78, making the entire transaction worth $1,186,908.
Waste Management, Inc (WM) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.35% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 14.37% during the next five years compared to 4.94% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Waste Management, Inc (WM) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.85. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 43.51.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.55, a number that is poised to hit 1.81 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.03 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Waste Management, Inc (WM)
Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) saw its 5-day average volume 1.68 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 1.61 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 86.03%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.33.
During the past 100 days, Waste Management, Inc’s (WM) raw stochastic average was set at 93.58%, which indicates a significant increase from 84.92% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 14.00% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 21.96% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $214.68, while its 200-day Moving Average is $209.96. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $229.64 in the near term. At $231.06, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $231.85. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $227.43, it is likely to go to the next support level at $226.63. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $225.21.
Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) Key Stats
There are 401,366K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 91.50 billion. As of now, sales total 20,426 M while income totals 2,304 M. Its latest quarter income was 5,609 M while its last quarter net income were 760,000 K.
