WM Waste Management Inc.

Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides waste management environmental services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. 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, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States, as well as owns and operates transfer stations. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned or operated 263 solid waste landfills; 5 secure hazardous waste landfills; 103 MRFs; and 348 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services; 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.

Recent Analyst Ratings for Waste Management Inc.

Date	Price Target	Rating	Analyst
6/9/2025		Buy	Melius
5/23/2025	$277.00	Neutral → Overweight	Analyst
5/7/2025		Neutral	Seaport Research Partners
4/25/2025	$265.00	Hold → Buy	HSBC Securities
1/27/2025	$225.00 → $250.00	Sector Perform → Sector Outperform	Scotiabank
10/4/2024	$220.00	Sector Perform	Scotiabank
10/3/2024		Outperform	William Blair
5/22/2024	$241.00	Buy	Deutsche Bank
4/8/2024	$211.00	Sector Perform	RBC Capital Mkts
2/15/2024	$210.00	Buy → Hold	HSBC Securities

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Waste Management Inc. Insider Trading

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EVP, Chief Legal Officer Boettcher Charles C exercised 15,072 shares at a strike of $110.81 and covered exercise/tax liability with 10,146 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 50,468 units (SEC Form 4)

SVP of Enterprise Strategy Carrasco Rafael exercised 2,319 shares at a strike of $110.81 and sold $465,840 worth of shares (1,941 units at $240.00), increasing direct ownership by 2% to 16,920 units (SEC Form 4)

EVP & CFO Rankin Devina A exercised 79,183 shares at a strike of $131.86 and sold $13,740,429 worth of shares (57,888 units at $237.36), increasing direct ownership by 34% to 83,934 units (SEC Form 4)

SVP of Enterprise Strategy Carrasco Rafael exercised 818 shares at a strike of $98.90 and sold $159,610 worth of shares (674 units at $236.81), decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 16,542 units (SEC Form 4)

SVP & Chief Sustainability Off Hemmer Tara J. covered exercise/tax liability with 38,406 shares and exercised 53,429 shares at a strike of $125.13, increasing direct ownership by 28% to 68,686 units (SEC Form 4)

President & COO Morris John J was granted 4,585 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 96,683 units (SEC Form 4)

EVP & Chief Operation Officer Morris John J exercised 30,636 shares at a strike of $147.26 and sold $5,551,859 worth of shares (23,795 units at $233.32), increasing direct ownership by 8% to 92,098 units (SEC Form 4)

Pres, Chief Executive Officer Fish James C Jr covered exercise/tax liability with 15,658 shares and exercised 19,805 shares at a strike of $150.12, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 220,087 units (SEC Form 4)

EVP & Chief Operation Officer Morris John J sold $4,303,896 worth of shares (19,153 units at $224.71), decreasing direct ownership by 18% to 85,257 units (SEC Form 4)

VP & Chief Accounting Officer Carroll John A. sold $282,626 worth of shares (1,251 units at $225.92), decreasing direct ownership by 13% to 8,420 units (SEC Form 4)