Waste Management (NYSE: WM) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:
- 10/30/2026 – Waste Management had its price target raised by UBS Group from $270.00 to $280.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management was given a new $251.00 price target by Raymond James Financial.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Oppenheimer. They now have a $263.00 price target on the stock.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group. They now have a $267.00 price target on the stock.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $235.00 to $260.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $244.00 to $247.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its price target lowered by BNP Paribas Exane from $248.00 to $245.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
- 10/29/2026 – Waste Management had its price target raised by Barclays from $277.00 to $283.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
- 10/16/2026 – Waste Management was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “buy (b)”.
- 10/13/2026 – Waste Management had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $230.00 to $220.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
- 10/8/2026 – Waste Management had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $270.00 to $235.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
- 10/8/2026 – Waste Management had its price target lowered by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from $250.00 to $225.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
- 10/2/2026 – Waste Management was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b-)”.
- 9/16/2026 – Waste Management was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “buy (b)”.
- 9/15/2026 – Waste Management is now covered by Wolfe Research. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock.
Waste Management Price Performance
NYSE WM traded up $3.59 on Wednesday, reaching $238.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,095,658 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,207,435. Waste Management, Inc. has a twelve month low of $197.47 and a twelve month high of $248.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.82. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $218.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $225.41. The stock has a market cap of $94.74 billion, a PE ratio of 31.27, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.38.
Waste Management (NYSE:WM – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 27th. The business services provider reported $2.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.18 by ($0.03). Waste Management had a return on equity of 31.97% and a net margin of 11.78%. The business had revenue of $6.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.81 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.98 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Waste Management, Inc. will post 8.05 EPS for the current year.
Waste Management Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 11th were given a $0.9450 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 11th. This represents a $3.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. Waste Management’s payout ratio is 49.61%.
Insider Activity
In other news, CAO John Carroll sold 1,365 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.90, for a total transaction of $300,163.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 3,509 shares in the company, valued at approximately $771,629.10. This represents a 28.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.
Waste Management, Inc, doing business as WM (NYSE:WM), is an environmental services company that provides waste collection, transportation, disposal, recycling and resource-recovery services. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and other environmental infrastructure.
WM’s services include curbside and commercial waste collection, construction and demolition debris management, recycling, organics processing and landfill disposal.
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