WM Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Waste Management | NYSE:WM)

WM, previously known as Waste Management, ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 257 active landfill sites and about 342 transfer stations that help with transporting waste efficiently and economically. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial, and medical end markets for waste collection, transfer, and disposal. The company also has an energy business emanating from the beneficial use of landfill gas and is a leading recycler in North America.

Waste Management trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WM.

As of April 21, 2026, WM stock price declined to $223.42 with 1,389,750 million shares trading.

WM has a beta of -0.15, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WM has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WM has a market cap of $90.11 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Waste Management reported $6 billion in Revenue and $1.93 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-75 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.02.

In the last 3 years, WM traded as high as $248.13 and as low as $149.71.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that WM belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, IVV, SPY, VTV.

WM has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -1.8% while the SPY ETF gained +35.2%. WM has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +1.4% and -4.4%, respectively, while the SPY returned +4.2% and +6.9%, respectively.

WM support price is $221.27 and resistance is $227.09 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.