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Waste Management (Waste Management) Dividend Yield %

: 1.37% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-20), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Waste Management is 1.37%.

Warning Sign:

Waste Management Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Waste Management's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

WM' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31   Med: 2   Max: 3.61
Current: 1.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Waste Management was 3.61%. The lowest was 1.31%. And the median was 2.00%.

WM's Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
70.34% of 118 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 2.805 vs WM: 1.37

Waste Management's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.40.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Waste Management was 0.59. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.49.

As of today (2024-04-20), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Waste Management is 1.44%.

Waste Management's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.70.

During the past 12 months, Waste Management's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Waste Management was 344.80% per year. The lowest was -20.60% per year. And the median was 8.00% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Waste Management Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Waste Management's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Waste Management Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.80 1.85 1.38 1.64 1.56

Waste Management Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.64 1.62 1.56 1.80 1.56

Competitive Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Management's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Waste Management Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Management's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Waste Management's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Waste Management Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Waste Management Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.7502024-03-142024-03-152024-03-28Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.7002023-11-302023-12-012023-12-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.7002023-09-072023-09-082023-09-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.7002023-06-012023-06-022023-06-16Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Waste Management's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.85/207.07
=1.38 %

Current Share Price is $207.07.
Waste Management's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.85.

Waste Management's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=3/207.07
=1.45 %

Current Share Price is $207.07.
Waste Management's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.75 * 4 = $3.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Waste Management  (NYSE:WM) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Waste Management (Waste Management) Business Description

Address
800 Capitol Street, Suite 3000, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
WM ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating 259 active landfills and about 337 transfer stations. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial end markets and is also a leading recycler in North America.
Executives
Charles C Boettcher officer: Sr VP Chief Legal Officer 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Fish James C Jr officer: SVP, Eastern Group 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
John C Pope director 810 S. RIDGE RD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
John A. Carroll officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Tara J. Hmmer officer: SVP Operat Safety Envir Compl 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON X1 77002
Michael J. Watson officer: Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Christopher P. Desantis officer: SVP Operations - East 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Bruce E. Chinn director 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
John J Morris officer: Chief Strategy Officer 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Devina A Rankin officer: VP & Treasurer 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Rafael Carrasco officer: SVP Operations 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Kelly C. Rooney officer: SVP Chief People Officer 800 CAPITOL STREET #3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Leslie K Nagy officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77046
Donald J Smith officer: Sr. VP - Operations 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Nikolaj H Sjoqvist officer: SVP, Chief Digital Officer 800 CAPITOL STREET 3000, HOUSTON X1 77002