Waste Management, Inc. (WM) is a Waste Management company in the Industrials sector, currently trading at $227.09. It has a SharesGrow Score of 53/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of WM = $174.06 (-23.4% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued). Analyst consensus target is WM = $254 (+11.7% upside).
Valuation: WM trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 34.6 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.44.
Financials: revenue is $25.2B, +8.6%/yr average growth. Net income is $2.7B, growing at +6.9%/yr. Net profit margin is 10.7% (healthy). Gross margin is 29.1% (-8.5 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $22.9B against $10.0B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 2.29, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.89 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 50%. Total assets: $45.8B.
Analyst outlook: 19 / 35 analysts rate WM as buy (54%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 37/100 (Fail), Growth 65/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 17/100 (Fail), Moat 48/100 (Partial), Future 52/100 (Partial), Income 55/100 (Partial).
