Waste Management, Inc. (WM) To Go Ex-Dividend on March 13th

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of 0.945 per share by the business services provider on Friday, March 27th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This is a 14.5% increase from Waste Management’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83.

Waste Management has raised its dividend by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 22 years. Waste Management has a dividend payout ratio of 44.0% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Waste Management to earn $8.76 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $3.78 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 43.2%.

Waste Management Trading Down 0.3%

NYSE:WM opened at $234.72 on Wednesday. Waste Management has a 1 year low of $194.11 and a 1 year high of $248.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.22, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 0.89. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $228.70 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $220.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $94.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.09, a PEG ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 0.57.

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The business services provider reported $1.93 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.95 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $6.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.39 billion. Waste Management had a return on equity of 32.45% and a net margin of 10.74%.Waste Management’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.70 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Waste Management will post 7.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

More Waste Management News

Here are the key news stories impacting Waste Management this week:

• Positive Sentiment: IBD upgraded WM’s Relative Strength rating and flagged a breakout in momentum — a technical catalyst that can attract momentum buyers and program trading. This Waste Management Giant Breaks Out, Keeps Rising, Gets Stock Rating Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Waste Management raised its quarterly dividend to $0.945 (ex‑dividend Mar 13), signaling strong free cash flow and supporting the stock’s income story for buy‑and‑hold investors. Waste Management MarketBeat profile
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts have recently lifted price targets or kept Outperform/Buy ratings (consensus target ~ $253.55), giving fundamental support above current levels. Analyst coverage and target changes
• Neutral Sentiment: Company and partner presentations (e.g., Deep Isolation at WM 2026) could highlight long‑term service expansion (nuclear waste, recycling tech) but are not immediate earnings catalysts. Deep Isolation presentation at Waste Management 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Positive evergreen coverage (e.g., Motley Fool) frames WM as a defensive, dividend‑oriented industrial — supportive for long‑term holders but less relevant to intraday volatility. 1 Magnificent Industrial Stock to Buy and Hold Forever
• Negative Sentiment: Concentrated insider selling: COO John J. Morris sold several thousand shares (multiple filings showing multi‑$1M sales) and other senior officers (COO, CAO, CFO, SVP) also trimmed positions — a likely proximate cause of short‑term selling pressure. Top Waste Management Executive Quietly Cashes In on a Major Stock Sale SEC filing: insider sale
• Negative Sentiment: News outlets note WM fell more than the broader market today, consistent with the visible insider sales and likely profit‑taking after the recent run‑up — an outsized pullback that could attract short‑term sellers. Waste Management (WM) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market Zacks: WM suffers larger drop

Waste Management Company Profile

Waste Management, Inc (NYSE: WM) is a leading provider of integrated waste management and environmental services in North America. The company offers end-to-end solutions that span collection, transfer, disposal and recycling, along with landfill operations and related infrastructure. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Waste Management serves a broad customer base that includes residential, commercial, industrial and municipal clients.

Core services include curbside and commercial waste collection, roll-off and temporary container services, materials recovery and recycling, and engineered landfill disposal.