Waste Management (WM) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage

Adjusted EPS

$2.15

Estimate

$2.18

Surprise

-1.4%

Revenue (period 2026-09-30)

$6.85B

Score at report (before → after)

5.2 → 5.3/10

Revenue source: yfinance_provisional (provisional — SEC XBRL not yet filed for this period).

Waste Management (WM) missed the $2.18 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.15 — a modest 1.4% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.2/10) to Sell at 5.3/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.

• JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Waste Management, Raises Price Target to $260 — benzinga, 2026-10-29

TrendMatrix currently rates WM Sell at 5.6/10.

2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -1.4% surprise compares with a +0.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-27.

This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.

Current price

$230.90

Stop

$220.06

Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.

Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.

Industry

Waste Management

Market cap

$91.81B

P/E (fwd)

25.7

P/E (ttm)

30.3

52-week range

$194.11–$248.13

Off 52-week high

6.9%

RSI (14)

69

Volume vs avg

1.11×

Score today

5.6/10