No matter how cynical the overall market is Waste Management, Inc (WM) performance over the last week is recorded 7.26%

As on Wednesday, Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) got off with the flyer as it spiked 1.18% to $224.77, before settling in for the price of $222.14 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, WM posted a 52-week range of $187.20-$230.39.

The Industrials Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was 7.57%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 11.76%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 5.12%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $401.37 million, simultaneously with a float of $400.38 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $90.21 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $213.47, while the 200-day Moving Average is $210.76.

Waste Management, Inc (WM) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Waste Management industry. Waste Management, Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.24%, in contrast to 82.23% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Feb 04 ’25, this organization’s SVP & Chief Sustainability Off sold 4,576 shares at the rate of 222.12, making the entire transaction reach 1,016,421 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 58,765. Preceding that transaction, on Feb 04 ’25, Company’s EVP & CFO sold 5,826 for 222.12, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 1,294,071. This particular insider is now the holder of 69,442 in total.

Waste Management, Inc (WM) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.9 per share during the current fiscal year.

Waste Management, Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 5.12% and is forecasted to reach 8.66 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 9.20% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 11.76% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Waste Management, Inc (WM). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.85. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 3.69. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $33.02, and its Beta score is 0.77. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 4.09. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 41.79.

In the same vein, WM’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 6.81, a figure that is expected to reach 1.69 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 8.66 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Waste Management, Inc (WM)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Waste Management, Inc, WM], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 2.17 million was better the volume of 1.83 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 86.16% While, its Average True Range was 3.97.

Raw Stochastic average of Waste Management, Inc (WM) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 81.69%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 93.84% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 29.11% that was higher than 19.16% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.