Waste Management, Inc.
General ticker "WM" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
- Capitalization: $89.9B (TTM average)
Waste Management, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -11.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.8%: low 213.86$, high 217.17$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-09-12, amount 0.82$ (Y1.53%)
- Total employees count: 61700 (+28.5%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 95.7% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Strategic risks and growth management, Operational and conduct risks, Supply chain disruptions, Regulatory and compliance, Economic downturns and volatility
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [188.98$, 248.64$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [194.22$, 257.40$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WM estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 28.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 18.81 > 18.64
- Positive: 0 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 0.46
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.73 <= 0.79
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -3.27 <= 2.97
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -12.92 <= -4.48
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 18.52 <= 18.93
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.13 <= 0
Short-term WM quotes
Long-term WM plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $19,698.00MM | $20,426.00MM | $22,063.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $16,260.00MM | $16,603.00MM | $17,914.00MM |
| Operating Income | $3,438.00MM | $3,823.00MM | $4,149.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-520.00MM | $-802.00MM | $-691.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $378.00MM | $500.00MM | $598.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,918.00MM | $3,021.00MM | $3,458.00MM |
| Taxes | $678.00MM | $745.00MM | $713.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $2,238.00MM | $2,304.00MM | $2,746.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $6,849.00MM | $6,903.00MM | $8,252.00MM |
| Inventory | $164.00MM | $173.00MM | $206.00MM |
| Assets | $31,367.00MM | $32,823.00MM | $44,567.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $4,536.00MM | $4,719.00MM | $5,390.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $2,587.00MM | $2,895.00MM | $3,231.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,063.00MM | $-3,091.00MM | $-10,601.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,216.00MM | $-1,524.00MM | $5,155.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $5.42 | $5.69 | $6.84 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.