Waste Management, Inc. with ticker code (WM) have now 17 analysts in total covering the stock. The consensus rating is pointing to ‘Buy’. The target price High/Low ranges between 200 and 151 with the average target price sitting at $172.12. Given that the stocks previous close was at $166.85 this would imply there is now a potential upside of 3.2%. Also worth taking note is the 50 day moving average now sits at $154.70 while the 200 day moving average is $159.89. The market cap for the company is $67,239m. Company Website: https://www.wm.com
The potential market cap would be $69,362m based on the market consensus.
Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns and operates transfer stations, as well as owns, develops, and operates landfill facilities that produce landfill gas used as renewable natural gas for generating electricity. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or operated 254 solid waste landfills, five secure hazardous waste landfills, 97 MRFs, and 337 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services at its MRFs, where cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
The company has a dividend yield of 1.69% with the ex dividend date set at 9-3-2023 (DMY).
Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 30.67, revenue per share of 47.72 and a 7.09% return on assets.
