After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
WM belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Waste Management industry. The current market capitalization of Waste Management, Inc is $88.74B. A total of 2.91 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.71M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Morris John J sold 19,153 shares of WM for 224.71 per share on Mar 07 ’25. After the transaction, the EVP & Chief Operation Officer now owns 85,257 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 07 ’25, Carroll John A. sold 1,251 shares at 225.92 per share. WM shares that VP & Chief Accounting Officer owns now total 8,420.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Carroll John A. acquired of 1,251 shares on Mar 07 ’25 at a per-share price of $225.92. In another insider transaction, Morris John J bought 19,153 shares at $224.71 per share on Mar 07 ’25.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Waste Management, Inc pays an annual dividend of $3.08, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.39%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.40. WM’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.3% when it declared a $0.8250 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/14/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/6/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.35%. The WM stock dividend was $0.75 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WM has a high of $239.32 and a low of $196.59.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. WM’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $118.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $13.40B in debt and $4.08B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $20.55, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $7.13B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WM is Buy with a score of 4.05.
