As on Wednesday, Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) got off with the flyer as it spiked 0.46% to $221.36, before settling in for the price of $220.34 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, WM posted a 52-week range of $194.11-$242.58.
In the past 5-years timespan, the Industrials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 11.75%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 11.75%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 3.76%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $402.86 million, simultaneously with a float of $401.88 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $89.18 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $211.44, while the 200-day Moving Average is $223.64.
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 0.25%, in contrast to 82.76% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 20 ’25, this organization’s SVP of Enterprise Strategy sold 1,380 shares at the rate of 217.06, making the entire transaction reach 299,543 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 15,540.
Waste Management, Inc (WM) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.79 per share during the current fiscal year.
Waste Management, Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 3.76% and is forecasted to reach 8.34 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 9.48% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 11.75% 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 0.80. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $34.88, and its Beta score is 0.59. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.60. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 37.13.
In the same vein, WM’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 6.35, a figure that is expected to reach 1.94 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 8.34 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 1.73 million was lower the volume of 1.77 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 95.13% While, its Average True Range was 66.89.
Raw Stochastic average of Waste Management, Inc (WM) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 63.14%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 96.73% 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 2.92 that was lower than 3.32 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
