Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
Industrials · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for WM is $247.61, 9.1% above the last close of $226.86 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $226.86 to $260.31. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E32.1x
- P/E vs sector+12.7%
- P/E vs own-2.9%
- Target upside+9.1%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$90.68B
- FCF yield+3.9%
- Insiders-$300K
- Earnings in11d
- News
Why it moved
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) rose 1.2% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Industrials stocks fell 0.4%. Most of the move is specific to WM.
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Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $226.86 · +8.1% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector→ -7.1%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50↑ in ~20d
- RSI73
- Support-0.9%
- Resistance+2.9%
- Off 52w high-6.8%
- Off ATH-6.8%
- 52w range$226.86
- Bollingerabove upper
- MACD2.63
- ATR+1.7%
- Volume1.1x
Analyst price targets
9 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $226.86 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 3 · Buy 16 · Hold 9 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +4.0% year over year, free cash flow 16.4% of revenue, operating margin 18.7%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $6.68B | 1.95 | $1.1B | 40.8% | 18.7% | 11.7% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $6.23B | 1.79 | $851M | 40.7% | 17.9% | 11.6% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $6.31B | 1.83 | $810M | 29.3% | 18.6% | 11.8% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $6.44B | 1.49 | $816M | 29.2% | 18.9% | 9.4% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $6.43B | 1.80 | $813M | 29.3% | 18.5% | 11.3% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $6.02B | 1.58 | $377M | 28.5% | 17.1% | 10.6% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $5.89B | 1.48 | $396M | 28.6% | 16.0% | 10.1% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $5.61B | 1.88 | $577M | 29.5% | 20.1% | 13.5% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $631.86 | -1.6% | -19.5% | +16.7% | 72.4 | $95B | |
| 2 |  | $344.23 | +2.1% | -12.6% | +19.4% | 21.0 | $93.13B | |
| 3 | | $226.86 | +1.2% | -6.8% | +9.1% | 32.1 | $90.68B | |
| 4 |  | $48.68 | 0.0% | -8.3% | +2.3% | 28.1 | $90.18B | |
| 5 |  | $161.47 | -0.4% | -1.4% | +3.1% | 35.3 | $90.07B | |
| 6 |  | $220.96 | +0.6% | -24.5% | +38.5% | 47.6 | $88.1B | |
| 7 |  | $164.75 | -0.4% | -10.0% | +8.9% | 29.3 | $84.95B | |
| 8 |  | $231.54 | +0.8% | 0.0% | +2.8% | 32.8 | $70.9B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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