Waste Management, Inc.
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At a glance
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) operates in the Waste Management industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $3.78 a year, a yield of 1.58% at the current price of $239.38. Waste Management has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Contender. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 8.7% a year. It paid out 50% of its earnings as dividends, leaving most of its profit in the business. 28 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $253.52 is 5.9% above the current price.
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About Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, recovery facility, or disposal site; owns and operates transfer stations; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas.
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