Waste Management, Inc (NYSE:WM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.82M but it saw 1750682 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 93.89B USD, the company’s current market price of $233.32 came falling about -0.34 while comparing to the previous closing price of $234.11. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $239.32 and as low as $196.59.
HSBC Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on April 25, 2025 while assigning a price target of $265. Scotiabank issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $225 and $250.
Over the week, WM’s stock price is moving 2.32% up while it is 2.05% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 15.63% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 11.92%.
Currently, Waste Management, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 402.37M with 0.22% of that held by the insiders while 84.65% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 8.48% and return on equity (ROE) at 34.01%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 35.19 while having a 27.11 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.66. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 10.85 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.10. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.93% on average.
