Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) on Friday, plunged -0.16% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $233.13. Within the past 52 weeks, WM’s price has moved between $196.59 and $239.32.
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Annual sales at Industrials sector company grew by 7.57% over the past five years. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 5.69%. With a float of $401.46 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $402.37 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 61700 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 37.03%, operating margin of 17.97%, and the pretax margin is 14.73%.
Waste Management, Inc (WM) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Waste Management industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Waste Management, Inc is 0.24%, while institutional ownership is 83.14%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 02 ’25, was worth 5,551,859. In this transaction EVP & Chief Operation Officer of this company sold 23,795 shares at a rate of $233.32, taking the stock ownership to the 92,098 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 02 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 23,795 for $233.32, making the entire transaction worth $5,551,859.
Waste Management, Inc (WM) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.07 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.69% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.85% during the next five years compared to 11.75% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) Trading Performance Indicators
Waste Management, Inc (WM) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.79 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.09. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 50.99.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.63, a number that is poised to hit 1.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 8.60 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Waste Management, Inc (WM)
Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) saw its 5-day average volume 1.45 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 1.74 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 80.57%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.71.
During the past 100 days, Waste Management, Inc’s (WM) raw stochastic average was set at 83.42%, which indicates a significant increase from 72.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 11.34% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.61% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $229.04, while its 200-day Moving Average is $216.92. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $234.07 in the near term. At $235.38, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $236.80. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $231.34, it is likely to go to the next support level at $229.92. The third support level lies at $228.61 if the price breaches the second support level.
Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 93.66 billion based on 402,408K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 22,063 M and income totals 2,746 M. The company made 6,018 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 637,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
