WM

Waste Management
Environmental & Facilities Services · Industrials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$206.66
+1.1% on the session
1-year return
-3.1%
-10.8% over six months
Volatility
20.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-17.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Waste Management is a environmental & facilities services name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned -3.1%, against -12.5% over three months and -6.4% over one. It trades 7.3% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 20.3% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -17.0%, and it has traded a median $466M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.24 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#49 of 81
Stronger than 40% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#339 of 496

How WM scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 3 others in Environmental & Facilities Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+1.1%
1 week+0.1%
1 month-6.4%
3 months-12.5%
6 months-10.8%
1 year-3.1%
12-1 momentum+3.5%
Volatility (1y, annualized)20.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-17.0%
Distance vs 200-day average-7.3%
Return per unit of risk-0.15
Median daily dollar volume$466M
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