Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for WM in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Waste Management (WM) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$238.49+3.82 (+1.6%)
Gekko Brief
Nov 4 closeWaste Management closed at $238.49 on 4 November 2026, +1.6% on the day. The price sits between the 50-day ($218.60) and 200-day ($225.48) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $197.46 to $248.13. The GekkoIndex reads 49.6, in the Neutral zone, down 2.2 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $235.62, so the price is 1.2% above it.
The next earnings report is due on 27 January 2027, 83 days away. Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 4 times, with an average move of 3% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +5.2% over the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
20 firms rate the stock: 13 buy, 7 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $255.36. A typical daily move is about 2.4%, and a typical 20-day move about 3.5%. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 items read supportive and 0 read as a headwind.
A plain summary of the figures as of the Nov 4, 2026 close.
Waste Management price vs fair value
Close $238.49200-day averageGekko Fair Value $235.62
Waste Management quick facts
- Market cap
- $94.83B
- P/E ratio
- 31.2
- Forward P/E
- 25.5
- EPS, TTM
- $7.62
- Revenue, TTM
- $26.07B
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Dividend yield
- 1.57%
- Beta
- 0.39
- Volume
- 2.10M avg 2.50M
- 1-year return
- +21.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.5%
- 50-day average
- $218.60
- 200-day average
- $225.48
- Next earnings
- Jan 27
- Shares outstanding
- 397.6M
Waste Management swing-trade checklist
Waste Management scores 2 supportive, 3 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive3 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $238.49 sits between the 50-day ($218.60) and 200-day ($225.48) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
49.6, Neutral
Reading 49.6 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
1.2% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (1.2% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 83 days
Next report Jan 27, 2027, 83 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+5.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.2% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
See seasonality
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Waste Management stock chart and price history
Waste Management closed at $238.49 on Nov 4, 2026, +21.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $197.46 to $248.13.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +14.7%
- 3 months
- +4.1%
- 6 months
- +8.1%
- 1 year
- +21.2%
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About Waste Management
Waste Management provides waste collection, transfer, and disposal services across North America, working with households, businesses, industrial sites, and local governments. It picks up trash and recyclable materials and moves them to transfer stations, recovery facilities, or landfills, and it is recognized for this collection-to-disposal chain that spans the continent.
The company runs and develops its own landfill sites, including facilities that convert landfill gas into energy, along with a large number of transfer stations and material recovery facilities. Its work goes beyond basic pickup and dumping: it processes recyclable commodities, brokers recyclables on behalf of other companies, takes on construction and remediation work, handles residue from coal and fuel combustion such as fly ash, offers consulting-style in-plant waste management support, and provides disposal services tailored to oil and gas exploration and production operations.
The company traces back to 1987, when it was incorporated as USA Waste Services, Inc., before taking the Waste Management name in 1998. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker WM.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrial services
- Industry
- Environmental services
- Website
- wm.com
Waste Management GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Waste Management’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 49.6, in the Neutral zone, down 2.2 points over five sessions.
49.6Neutral
Down 2.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 30 | +0.5% | +8.4% |
| Accumulation | 215 | +0.4% | +0.7% |
| Neutral (current zone) | 396 | +0.1% | −0.3% |
| Distribution | 44 | −0.6% | +2.4% |
| Selling | 12 | +1.4% | +6.8% |
Average WM share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Waste Management stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Waste Management trades 1.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $235.62, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Waste Management shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$235.62
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
1.2% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 19.7% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Waste Management insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Waste Management, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WM were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Waste Management has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- $580.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.61%
- Trailing four quarters
- $1.58B
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Waste Management earnings: next date and track record
Waste Management reports on Jan 27, 2027 (83 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Jan 27, 2027
83 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.06
- Revenue estimate
- $6.71B
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Oct 27, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- WM reported Q3 2026 results with revenue growth of 6.3% and operating EBITDA growth of 5.8%, maintaining EBITDA margins at 31% despite fuel headwinds. Free cash flow grew 20% year-over-year while SG&A was reduced to 9.3%. The healthcare solutions segment showed a strong turnaround with revenue up year-over-year and operating EBITDA growing 33%. CEO Jim Fish announced retirement in early January, with President John Morris set to succeed him.
- Guidance
- Full-year revenue and free cash flow are expected to finish at the high end of guidance ranges. Management expressed confidence in achieving or beating original operating EBITDA guidance for the year, consistent with performance in every year except 2020.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $2.15 est $2.18 | $6.85B est $6.81B | −6.6% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $2.02 est $1.99 | $6.68B est $6.71B | −0.5% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $1.81 est $1.75 | $6.23B est $6.28B | +1.8% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $1.93 est $1.95 | $6.31B est $6.39B | −3.5% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $1.98 est $2.03 | $6.44B est $6.49B | −4.9% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $1.92 est $1.89 | $6.43B est $6.36B | +2.6% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $1.67 est $1.59 | $6.02B est $6.11B | +0.2% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $1.70 est $1.80 | $5.89B est $5.84B | +4.1% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Waste Management stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Waste Management is $255.36, +7.1% from the last close, from 20 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$255.36consensus 12-month target, +7.1% from the last close
Now $238.49Avg $255.36
Low $220High $283
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 20 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30 | UBS | $280 | +17.4% |
| Oct 29 | Wells Fargo | $268 | +12.4% |
| Oct 29 | Bernstein | $270 | +13.2% |
| Oct 29 | Oppenheimer | $263 | +10.3% |
| Oct 29 | Truist Financial | $260 | +9.0% |
−0.3%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+5.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Waste Management seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Waste Management averaged +5.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.9% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.9% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.5% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.2% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +2.9% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, WM’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.5%.
Waste Management market cap and key statistics
Waste Management’s market cap is $94.83B, with a P/E ratio of 31.2 and revenue of $26.07B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $94.83B
- P/E ratio
- 31.2
- Forward P/E
- 25.5
- EPS, TTM
- $7.62
- Gekko Fair Value
- $235.62
Trading
- Volume
- 2.10M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 2.50M
- 52-week high
- $248.13
- 52-week low
- $197.46
- Shares outstanding
- 397.6M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $26.07B
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Return on equity
- 31.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +37.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.39
- Typical daily move
- ±2.4%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.57%
Waste Management stock news this week
Coverage of Waste Management this week reads neutral: 8 positive, 10 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Form 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT INC For: Nov 03 Filed by: Reed David L.StreetInsider, Nov 4
- Waste Management (WM) CFO delivered or withheld 345 shares to settle a stock award.Stock Titan, Nov 4
- Waste Management stock gets lift from healthcare turnaroundad-hoc-news.de, Nov 4
- Waste Management, Inc. (WMI.MX) Seasonal returns chartYahoo Finance UK, Nov 4
- Associated Banc Corp Makes New $12.06 Million Investment in Waste Management, Inc. $WMDefense World, Nov 4
- Republic Services Has the Momentum, But Waste Management Has Another AdvantageTradingView, Nov 3
Waste Management peers
Waste Management’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| RSGRepublic Services | Neutral | 1.9% below |
| WCNWaste Connections | Distribution | 25.9% above |
| GFLGFL Environmental Inc. Subordinate voting shares, no par value | Neutral | 16.2% above |
| CLHClean Harbors | Buying | 6.1% above |
| CWSTCasella Waste Systems | Neutral | 24.1% below |
| NVRIEnviri | Neutral | 13.6% below |
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Waste Management stock FAQ
What is Waste Management’s market cap?
Waste Management’s market cap is $94.83B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $238.49, with 397.6M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 31.2.
What is the Waste Management stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Waste Management is $255.36, +7.1% from the last close. Of the 20 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 13 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Waste Management stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Waste Management is about fair value: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $238.49 is 1.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $235.62. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Waste Management report earnings next?
Waste Management is expected to report on Jan 27, 2027 (83 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.06 per share on revenue of $6.71B. Waste Management beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 3% on average across the report.
What is Waste Management’s 52-week high and low?
Waste Management’s 52-week high is $248.13 and its 52-week low is $197.46; it closed at $238.49 on Nov 4, 2026, +21.2% over the past year.
Is Waste Management stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (earnings risk and seasonality), 3 as mixed (trend, gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
During US trading hours the price at the top of the page is a delayed quote, refreshed every 15 minutes; everything else is rebuilt after each US market close. The GekkoIndex, Gekko Fair Value and the checklist are Gekko’s own, and the Gekko Brief is written by AI from this page’s data and checked against it before it is published. How Gekko’s data works →
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