Stock Research: Waste Management

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Waste Management

NYSE:WM US94106L1098
50
  • Value
    56
  • Growth
    33
  • Safety
    Safety
    27
  • Combined
    20
  • Sentiment
    77
  • 360° View
    360° View
    50
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Company Description

Waste Management, Inc. is an environmental solutions provider offering collection, recycling, and disposal services. Its main businesses include collection, recycling, disposal, renewable energy from landfill gas, and healthcare solutions such as regulated waste and secure information destruction. The company operates throughout the United States and Canada, including East Tier (Eastern U.S., Great Lakes region, all of Canada) and West Tier (Western U.S., upper Midwest, British Columbia). In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $90880 million, profits of $8680 million, revenue of $22063 million, and 61700 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 50 (better than 50% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Waste Management are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Waste Management. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 77, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 77% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 56 or better than 56% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 27, meaning that the share price of Waste Management is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 33. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
27 15 16 29
Growth
33 29 53 77
Safety
Safety
56 64 53 25
Sentiment
77 69 71 29
360° View
360° View
50 78 46 23
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
59 43 45 40
Opinions Change
39 9 50 56
Pro Holdings
n/a 71 82 29
Market Pulse
74 88 66 58
Sentiment
77 69 71 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
27 15 16 29
Growth
33 29 53 77
Safety Safety
56 64 53 25
Combined
20 60 27 37
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
28 22 33 35
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
31 25 20 32
Price vs. Book (P/B)
3 3 1 6
Dividend Yield
35 43 44 46
Value
27 15 16 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
51 53 47 50
Profit Growth
34 42 56 46
Capital Growth
33 31 59 67
Stock Returns
43 41 61 81
Growth
33 29 53 77
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
4 18 16 18
Refinancing
52 51 39 5
Liquidity
98 96 96 93
Safety Safety
56 64 53 25

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