Waste Management Inc. (WM) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- If you care about predictable cash flow, note that WM reports less variability in its free cash flow than 95.39% of the dividend stocks we're tracking.
- As for stocks whose price is uncorrelated with WM's price and thus may be suitable peers for a diversified dividend portfolio, check out the following: PRGO, MSN, PTE, PNBK and AVAL.
WM Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $153.88 | $304.44 | 98.26% |
For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. In the case of WM, the DDM model, as implemented by StockNews, implies a positive return of 98.26% relative to its current price. Digging deeper, the aspects of Waste Management Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:
- If we compare the valuation opportunity a dividend discount model provides relative to other dividend stocks in the Industrials sector, Waste Management Inc's expected return of 98.26% is higher than 86.96% of its fellow sector mates.
- Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, WM has a discount rate lower than 86.96% of them (a lower discount rate is associated with lower risk).
- Beta, a measure of volatility relative to the stock market overall, is lower for WM than it is for 90.87% of other equities in the Industrials sector that also issue dividends.
WM Dividend Chart
WM Dividend History
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WM Dividends vs. Peers
WM's dividend yield currently ranks #1 of 24 vs. its peers in the Waste Disposal category.
| Rank | Symbol | Name | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WM | Waste Management Inc. | 1.71% |
| 2 | CVA | Covanta Holding Corporation | 1.58% |
| 3 | RSG | Republic Services Inc. | 1.42% |
| 4 | ECL | Ecolab Inc. | 1.29% |
| 5 | WCN | Waste Connections Inc. | 0.74% |
| 6 | TTEK | Tetra Tech, Inc. | 0.67% |
| 7 | GFL | GFL Environmental Inc. | 0.20% |
| 8 | ECOL | US Ecology, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 9 | MEG | Montrose Environmental Group Inc. | 0.00% |
| 10 | CCNC | Code Chain New Continent Limited | 0.00% |
| 11 | CLH | Clean Harbors, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 12 | LICY | Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. | 0.00% |
| 13 | AWX | Avalon Holdings Corporation | 0.00% |
| 14 | SMED | Sharps Compliance Corp. | 0.00% |
| 15 | JAN | JanOne Inc. | 0.00% |
| 16 | QRHC | Quest Resource Holding Corporation | 0.00% |
| 17 | CWST | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. - | 0.00% |
| 18 | BBCP | Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 19 | HCCI | Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 20 | SRCL | Stericycle, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 21 | BHTG | BioHiTech Global, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 22 | ADSW | Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 23 | NES | Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc. | 0.00% |
| 24 | UMICY | Umicore SA | 0.00% |
Looking for More Information on WM dividends?
Here are a few links from around the web to help you further your research on Waste Management Inc and its dividends:Waste Management Inc Common Stock (WM) Dividend History | Nasdaq
Dividend History for Waste Management Inc (WM) - Dividend Investor
Waste Management Inc (WM) Dividend History - Seeking Alpha