WM

Waste Management
Environmental & Facilities Services · Industrials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$225.08
+0.7% on the session
1-year return
+2.0%
-3.0% over six months
Volatility
20.2%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-14.1%
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 +2.0%, against +1.7% over three months and -3.5% over one. It sits just 1.0% above its 200-day average — technically in an uptrend, but without much room. Annualized volatility of 20.2% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -14.1%, and it has traded a median $442M 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#50 of 81
Stronger than 39% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#270 of 500

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+0.7%
1 week-0.5%
1 month-3.5%
3 months+1.7%
6 months-3.0%
1 year+2.0%
12-1 momentum+5.7%
Volatility (1y, annualized)20.2%
Max drawdown (1y)-14.1%
Distance vs 200-day average+1.0%
Return per unit of risk0.10
Median daily dollar volume$442M
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