Waste Management Statistics
NYSE: WMUtilitiesEnvironmental ServicesUSD
210.12+1.18 (+0.56%)
At close: Oct 8, 3:59 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
After hours: 210.10 -0.01%
Waste Management by the numbers
Waste Management has a market capitalization of $83.99 billion based on 399.72M shares outstanding. Its trailing P/E ratio is 29.8, below the 3-company peer median of 37.4, and its forward P/E is 23.1. The stock trades 3.6% below its 50-day average and 6.5% below its 200-day average.
Average daily trading volume is 2.05M shares, or about $431.4 million in dollar volume.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
WM valuation vs. peer median
| Metric | WM | Peer median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $83.99B | $10.32B | +714% |
| P/E (TTM) | 29.8 | 37.4 | -20% |
| Forward P/E | 23.1 | 39.7 | -42% |
| Dividend yield | 1.68% | 0.88% | +91% |
| Avg. volume | 2.05M | 504.80K | +307% |
Peer median across 8 companies: RSG, WCN, CLH, GFL, CWST, OIO, PESI, QRHC.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $83.99B
- P/E (TTM)
- 29.76
- Forward P/E
- 23.12
- Price / sales (latest FY)
- 3.33
- EPS (TTM)
- $7.06
- Shares outstanding
- 399.72M
Price and trading
- Previous close
- 208.94
- Open
- 209.95
- Day range
- 207.63 – 211.23
- 52-week range
- 194.11 – 248.13
- 52-week change
- -3.96%
- 50-day moving average
- 217.98
- 200-day moving average
- 224.67
- Beta
- —
- Volume
- 1.76M
- Average volume
- 2.05M
Dividends and events
- Annual dividend
- $3.54
- Dividend yield
- 1.68%
- Next earnings date
- Oct 27, 2026
Additional statistics
- Market Cap
- 83.99B
- Pe
- 29.76
- Forward Pe
- 23.12
- Eps
- 7.06
- Dividend Yield
- 1.81%
- Dividend Rate
- 3.54
- Week52 High
- 248.13
- Week52 Low
- 194.11
- Avg Volume
- 2.05M
- Shares Outstanding
- 399.72M
- Ma50
- 217.98
- Ma200
- 224.67
- Earnings Date
- Oct 27, 2026
- Pct From52w High
- -15.32%
- Pct From52w Low
- 8.25%