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Waste Management hauls rubbish and owns landfills — a business whose demand never disappears.
The real asset here is not the trucks but the landfills: permitting a new one is nearly impossible and existing ones have finite capacity. A landfill owner dictates terms to everyone hauling waste in the area, competitors included — hence durable pricing.
Revenue rests on contracts with municipalities and businesses, often indexed to inflation, so higher fuel and labour costs pass through to the customer with a lag but do pass through. Volumes track the economy weakly: rubbish is produced in downturns too.
Adjacent lines are recycling, where income depends on secondary material prices, and landfill gas captured and sold as fuel. The company pays a dividend with a long record of increases and buys back stock consistently.
Based on the last 12 months of reports, through 30 June 2026
The sector median covers every company in the sector on the US market, loss-making ones included.
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) is a company in the Utilities sector; its shares trade on NYSE.
The price of Waste Management, Inc. (WM) on November 2, 2026 is 236.99 $, +1.52 % on the day. Over 52 weeks the stock traded between 194.11 $ and 248.13 $; the price now sits 79 % of the way up that range. Over the past year the price changed by +4.91 %. The P/E ratio is 32.93, which is above the sector median (20.42). Market capitalization is 93.94 billion $, rank 1 among 7 stocks of the same industry with a known capitalization.
Waste Management, Inc. trades on NYSE under the ticker WM. The company belongs to the Utilities sector. The trading history on this page starts on 22 August 2016.
Over the past 52 weeks WM has traded between 194.11 $ and 248.13 $. As of 2 November 2026 the price stood 55.68 % of the way from the 52-week low to the high.
Over one year WM shares rose 4.91 %; over six months they rose 0.05 %. Volatility over 90 days is 21.64 %. Dividends are not included: this is price change only, as of 2 November 2026.
WM trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.9, above the sector median of 20.4. Price to sales is 3.7, above the sector median of 2.4. Price to book is 9.5, above the sector median of 1.8. Calculated from reports for the period ending 30 June 2026.
Waste Management, Inc. reported revenue of 25.7B $ and net income of 2.9B $ over the last four quarters. Net margin is 11.12 %. Revenue changed by +7.17 % year over year. Earnings per share are 7.07 $. Market capitalisation is 93.9B $.
WM has a return on equity of 28.75 %, above the sector median of 9.21 %. Return on assets is 6.14 %, above the sector median of 2.56 %. Operating margin is 17.57 %, below the sector median of 20.29 %.
