Waste Management (WM)
NYSEIndustrialsWaste ManagementSnapshot 2026-07-07
$237.21+3.59%
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Price, fair value, and the multiples that frame it on the same time axis. Scroll over the price chart to zoom.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots inline.
A consensus fair price across 12 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $237.21. As of 2026-07-08. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $237 WM trades at 31× p/e, below its 35× p/e peer median, but our blended $182 fair value sits below the price. It's a high-confidence read. Even valued only for durable growth at sustainable margins, it's worth about $267 — above today's price, so the premium reflects that growth case, not pure multiple expansion. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Score 100 = cheapest in the cohort, 0 = richest. Bars are filled left-to-right based on the peer-relative score (or PEG/self-history where shown).
Each method's implied share price per horizon. Provisional rows use a projected (historical-CAGR) growth input rather than analyst or management guidance.
| Method | Horizon | Est. price | Multiple | Per-share input | EPS source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dcf fcfe | 12M | $306.25 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| dcf fcff | 12M | $299.12 | — | — | Hist. CAGR | high |
| ddm gordon | 12M | $52.24 | — | — | TTM | high |
| graham number | 12M | $65.27 | — | — | TTM | high |
| Peer EV/EBITDA | 12M |
A “consensus-then vs. actual-now” overlay is on the way — what our valuation estimate said on a past date versus where the price actually landed.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Bottom 25% on quality vs scored peers
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
No fragility gates fired. Regime (Mania) does not concentrate fragility.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
At today's price you pay about 253% over what the business is worth with no growth; closing that gap needs roughly 204.0 years of the forecast growth to come through. These describe the expectations embedded in the price, not a forecast of the move. Reverse-DCF base: $3.84/sh owner earnings.
Looks cheaper than most peers in the same business.
Around its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
| $236.40 |
| 16.6 |
| 17.63 |
| TTM |
| high |
| Peer P/FCF | 12M | $198.46 | 24.4 | 8.14 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/E | 12M | $270.10 | 35.4 | 7.64 | TTM | high |
| Peer P/S | 12M | $210.63 | 3.4 | 62.84 | TTM | high |
| PEG | 12M | $281.85 | 36.9 | 7.64 | TTM | high |
| residual income | 12M | $45.11 | — | — | TTM | high |
| Own P/E history | 12M | $227.01 | 29.7 | 7.64 | TTM | high |
| triangulated | 12M | $273.37 | 35.4 | 7.73 | Triangulated | high |
| Peer P/FCF | 3Y | $301.84 | 24.4 | 12.37 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | medium |
| Peer P/E | 3Y | $349.86 | 35.4 | 9.90 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/S | 3Y | $248.14 | 3.4 | 74.03 | guidance | medium |
| PEG | 3Y | $365.08 | 36.9 | 9.90 | Analyst | medium |
| Own P/E history | 3Y | $294.06 | 29.7 | 9.90 | Analyst | medium |
| Peer P/FCF | 5Y | $399.18 | 24.4 | 16.36 | Hist. CAGR(prov.) | high |
| Peer P/E | 5Y | $381.15 | 35.4 | 10.78 | Analyst | high |
| Peer P/S | 5Y | $270.33 | 3.4 | 80.65 | guidance | high |
| PEG | 5Y | $397.73 | 36.9 | 10.78 | Analyst | high |
| Own P/E history | 5Y | $320.35 | 29.7 | 10.78 | Analyst | high |