Waste Management Inc. (WM): Price and Financial Metrics

WM POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where WM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 95.52% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WM is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 178 days.
• WM ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 46th percentile.

WM Stock Summary

• WM has a higher market value than 97.05% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $70,692,807,336.
• WASTE MANAGEMENT INC's stock had its IPO on September 30, 1991, making it an older stock than 84.35% of US equities in our set.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, WM is more volatile than just 7.63% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to WASTE MANAGEMENT INC are RSG, CP, CB, MPC, and FDX.
• Visit WM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.wm.com.

WM Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, WM's price/earnings ratio is 77.66% higher, now standing at 33.4.
• Over the past 243 months, WM's price/earnings ratio has gone up 5.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WM.

WM Growth Metrics

The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 11603.33%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -83.23%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 13.3%.

Over the past 33 months, WM's revenue has gone up $3,580,000,000.

The table below shows WM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	19,031	4,480	2,144
2022-03-31	18,480	4,476	1,908
2021-12-31	17,931	4,338	1,816
2021-09-30	17,320	4,100	1,748
2021-06-30	16,516	3,945	1,600
2021-03-31	15,601	3,758	1,556

WM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WM has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 91.08% of graded US stocks.
• WM's asset turnover comes in at 0.596 -- ranking 8th of 14 Almost Nothing stocks.
• HCCI, CWST, and PESI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WM.

The table below shows WM's key quality metrics over time.