Waste Management stock analysis
Waste Management (UWS) Stock Price & Analysis
UWS Stock Chart & Stats
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- Volume
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- Average Volume (3M)
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- Market Cap
- CHF 78.56B
- Enterprise Value
- CHF 104.64B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- CHF 247.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- CHF 23.37B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 31.4
- Beta
- 0.94
- Next Earnings
- Feb 03, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.72
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 1.51%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Cash Generation
WM generates substantial and growing cash from its recurring waste services, supporting reinvestment, acquisitions, dividends and repurchases. Operating cash flow rose steadily through the period, while positive free cash flow provides financial capacity to fund the business and sustain shareholder returns.
Pricing And Margin Discipline
Disciplined pricing and cost control are helping WM protect profitability even when operating expenses rise. The combination of positive price-to-cost spread, improving SG&A and technology-enabled efficiency supports durable margin resilience across its collection and disposal operations.
Diversified Growth Platforms
WM is expanding beyond traditional waste collection through renewable energy, recycling, sustainability and health care services. Growth in these platforms broadens the earnings base, while contracted renewable production improves visibility and reduces exposure to commodity-price volatility.
Bears Say
Leverage-heavy Balance Sheet
Rising debt increases WM’s fixed financial commitments and can reduce flexibility for acquisitions, capital investment or shareholder returns. Although profitability supports the current structure, higher leverage leaves the company more exposed to refinancing, interest-rate and operating downturn risks.
Persistent Volume Weakness
Negative collection and disposal volumes constrain organic growth because WM’s infrastructure and routes require sufficient waste throughput to operate efficiently. Continued weakness in housing, construction and customer retention could limit revenue growth even when pricing remains strong.
Regulatory And Operating Cost Pressure
Higher landfill compliance and monitoring costs can weigh on margins and require additional capital or operating spending over time. PFAS regulation adds uncertainty because future requirements are not fully formulated, potentially increasing the cost of owning and operating disposal assets.
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Company Description
Waste Management
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) functions as a premier provider of environmental waste solutions across North America, serving a diverse client base that includes residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. The company's core operations involve comprehensive collection services, which include gathering and transporting both waste materials and recyclables from their initial point of generation to designated transfer stations, material recovery facilities (MRFs), or final disposal sites. Waste Management maintains an extensive network of facilities, owning, developing, and operating landfill gas-to-energy plants within the United States, in addition to managing numerous transfer stations. As of December 31, 2021, its substantial infrastructure consisted of 255 solid waste landfills, 5 secure hazardous waste landfills, 96 material recovery facilities, and 340 transfer stations. Beyond primary collection and disposal, WM offers services in materials processing and commodities recycling. This extends to recycling brokerage, where they handle the marketing of recyclable goods for third-party entities, alongside providing various other strategic business solutions. Its service portfolio also encompasses construction and remediation projects, the responsible management of fly ash and other residues generated from coal and fuel combustion, and specialized in-plant services offering full-spectrum waste management consulting. Furthermore, the company delivers tailored disposal solutions for oil and gas exploration and production activities. Originally incorporated in 1987 as USA Waste Services, Inc., the company rebranded to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Houston, Texas.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Waste Management
- CEO
- James C. Fish Jr.
- Employees
- 60,500
- Website
- www.wm.com
- Address
- 800 Capitol Street, Houston, TX, 77002, US
Waste Management (UWS) Earnings & Revenues
UWS Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. WM reported broad-based revenue, EBITDA and free cash flow growth, maintained its full-year outlook, achieved health care pricing and cost targets ahead of schedule, expanded its sustainability businesses and continued returning capital to shareholders. The main challenges were negative volumes, elevated fuel and risk management costs, ongoing health care churn, lower RNG production and regulatory or landfill cost pressures, but management described these issues as manageable and emphasized improving trends and strong execution.
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