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WASTE MANAGEMENT INC WM
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.52% (safety: moderate). FY2025 revenue was $25.2B at a 10.7% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Stifel | Buy (main) |
| 2026-07-30 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-16 | Scotiabank | Sector Perform (main) |
| 2026-07-10 | Citigroup | Buy (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
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Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.013 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.376 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.094 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.279 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM | WASTE MANAGEMENT INC | 5/9 | 2.06 | 32.4 | +14.2% |
| RSG | REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. | 5/9 | 2 | 31.1 | +3.3% |
| WCN | Waste Connections, Inc. | 5/9 | 1.77 | 51.8 | +6.1% |
| CWST | CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC | 4/9 | 1.11 | 762.5 | +18% |
| QRHC | Quest Resource Holding Corp | 3/9 | -2.5 | — | -13.3% |
| VIVK | Vivakor, Inc. | 4/9 | -12.16 | — | +16.3% |
| NPPXF | NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP | 6/9 | 2.95 | — | -1.3% |
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About WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, recovery facility, or disposal site; owns and operates transfer stations; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas. It also operates materials processing and commodities recycling services, including cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; markets and resells recycling commodities; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company collects recyclable food and yard waste, as well as markets and sells mulch, compost, soil amendments, and renewable energy; offers remediation and construction, and industrial waste services; and manages and markets fly ash. Further, it provides Regulated Waste and Compliance Services (RWCS), which offers compliance programs, as well as collection, processing, and disposal of regulated and specialized waste, including medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste; and Secure Information Destruction (SID) services that include the collection of personal and confidential information for secure destruction and recycling of sorted office paper. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Houston, Texas.
FAQ
Is WM financially healthy?
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does WM pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. WASTE MANAGEMENT INC pays a dividend yielding about 1.52% with a 49.3% payout ratio, rated “moderate” for safety.
How profitable is WM?
In FY2025, WASTE MANAGEMENT INC had a net margin of 10.7% and a return on equity of 27.1%.
Is WM overvalued or undervalued?
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC trades at about 33.8× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 20.1×–35.1×, median 31.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for WM?
The average Wall-Street price target for WASTE MANAGEMENT INC is $260.84, about 15.3% above the recent price, from 25 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is WM a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on WASTE MANAGEMENT INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 32.4×, a dividend yield of 1.52%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.