Waste Management, Inc. (WM): Price and Financial Metrics
Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
Today's Latest Price: $115.01 USD
Updated Jan 19 7:00pm
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Ranked of 18 in Waste Disposal
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WM Stock Summary
- With a market capitalization of $48,481,382,576, Waste Management Inc has a greater market value than 95.34% of US stocks.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of -21.98%, Waste Management Inc's debt growth rate surpasses just 14% of about US stocks.
- The volatility of Waste Management Inc's share price is greater than that of just 5.13% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Waste Management Inc are CP, AMOV, LVS, AON, and BSX.
- Visit WM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.wm.com.
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WM Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $115.01 | 52-week high | $126.79 |
| Prev. close | $114.72 | 52-week low | $85.34 |
| Day low | $114.78 | Volume | 1,636,800 |
| Day high | $116.32 | Avg. volume | 1,762,791 |
| 50-day MA | $118.06 | Dividend yield | 1.9% |
| 200-day MA | $109.98 | Market Cap | 48.60B |
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Company Bio
Waste Management is a provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. The company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas.
WM Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $115.01 | $70.6 | -38% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Waste Management Inc. To summarize, we found that Waste Management Inc ranked in the 40th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Our DCF analysis suggests the stock is overvalued by about 38.17%. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Waste Management Inc ended up being:
- The company's debt burden, as measured by earnings divided by interest payments, is 5.29 -- which is good for besting 58.71% of its peer stocks (US stocks in the Industrials sector with positive cash flow).
- Waste Management Inc's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 8%; for context, that number is higher than merely 21.52% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -40% |
| 1% | -39% |
| 2% | -38% |
| 3% | -38% |
| 4% | -37% |
| 5% | -37% |
For other companies in the Industrials that have a similar discounted cashflow valuation profile (and ensuing price forecasts) as WM, try IAA, SWK, CAE, CW, and FCN.
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