A share price of Waste Management, Inc [WM] is currently trading at $200.54, down -0.07%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WM shares have gain 1.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.82%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Waste Management, Inc [NYSE: WM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 04, 2025, when Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $242 for it. Previously, Stifel started tracking the stock with Buy rating on September 30, 2025, and set its price target to $252. On September 19, 2025, Barclays initiated with an Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $272 on the stock. Erste Group downgraded its rating to a Hold. Melius initiated its recommendation with a Buy. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on May 23, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $277. In a note dated May 07, 2025, Seaport Research Partners initiated a Neutral rating.
Waste Management, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $194.11 and $242.58. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $254.5 within the next 12 months. Waste Management, Inc [NYSE: WM] shares were valued at $200.54 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 26.91% based on the average WM price forecast.
Analyzing the WM fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Waste Management, Inc [NYSE:WM] were 24.78B which represents 14.87% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.29 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.09.
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 199.81 points at the first support level, and at 199.07 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 201.74, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 202.93.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Waste Management, Inc [NYSE:WM] is 0.84. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.80, while the Cash Ratio is 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.26, the price to book ratio is 8.49 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 31.60.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MENKE SEAN E, Director, that happened on Nov 03 ’25 when 2000.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Stith Kimberly G. completed a deal on Sep 04 ’25 to buy 100.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP – Chief HR Officer Stith Kimberly G. sold 100.0 shares on Sep 04 ’25.
