Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Shares on the Rise: Short-term Analysis

Waste Management, Inc. [WM] stock is trading at $207.69, up 0.08%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WM shares have gain 2.88% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.54%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Waste Management, Inc. [NYSE: WM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 22, 2024, when Deutsche Bank initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $241. On February 15, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold but maintained its price target of $210 on the stock. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $205 on February 14, 2024. Wells Fargo initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $175 as its price target on November 27, 2023. UBS upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 23, 2023, and upped its price target to $190. In a note dated October 17, 2023, Wolfe Research initiated an Peer Perform rating.

Waste Management, Inc. [WM] stock has fluctuated between $149.71 and $225.00 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $187.69 within the next 12 months. Waste Management, Inc. [NYSE: WM] shares were valued at $207.69 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -9.63% based on the average WM price forecast.

Analyzing the WM fundamentals

Waste Management, Inc. [NYSE:WM] reported sales of 20.98B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 5.53%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.34% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.36 and Total Capital is 0.13. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.25.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 206.84 points at the first support level, and at 205.98 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 208.59, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 209.48.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Waste Management, Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.07. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.03 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.97, the price to book ratio is 11.17 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 33.00.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Rooney Kelly C., Officer, that happened on Sep 09 ’24 when 390.0 shares were purchased. Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer, Watson Michael J. completed a deal on Jul 16 ’24 to sell 1500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer Watson Michael J. sold 4208.0 shares on Jun 06 ’24.

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