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

WM POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where WM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 93.67% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WM is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• WM ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 21st percentile.

WM Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $62,597,757,140, WASTE MANAGEMENT INC has a greater market value than 96.33% of US stocks.
• WM's went public 31.35 years ago, making it older than 84.73% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• The volatility of WASTE MANAGEMENT INC's share price is greater than that of just 3.28% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, a group of peers worth examining would be SU, MPC, RSG, TRV, and LVS.
• 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

• WM's EV/EBIT ratio is 23.4; this is 36.44% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, WM's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WM.

WM Growth Metrics

The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 26.02%.
• The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 19.32%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 1.71%.

WM's revenue has moved up $5,568,000,000 over the prior 67 months.

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
2022-09-30	19,441	4,478	2,245
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

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.