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Shares of Waste Management WM have gained 3.7% over the past month, exceeding 1.2% growth of the industry.
The company has a Growth Score of B. This style score condenses key financial metrics to reflect a fair sense of the quality and sustainability of its growth.
Waste Management, with its robust waste collection, recycling and disposal infrastructure, ensures sustainable long-term growth while building competitive advantages. The company has become a leader in its sector by offering advanced recycling solutions and renewable energy production through its extensive network of assets, including landfills, recycling facilities and waste-to-energy plants.
WM’s pricing and cost control strategy ensures that price adjustments are aligned with the quality and reliability of its services, resulting in customer satisfaction.
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The company is focusing on optimizing its healthcare solutions business through the Stericycle acquisition. Given a decline in birth rates and an increase in the aging population year over year, WM expects higher demand for this business in the coming years.
The company has been a consistent dividend payer since 1998. In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, it paid dividends of $970 million, $1.1 billion, $1.14 billion and $1.21 billion, respectively. This attracts investors who seek long-term, steady returns.
WM had a current ratio of 0.84, lower than the industry's average of 0.98 in the last quarter. A current ratio below 1 often suggests that a company may not be well-positioned to meet its short-term obligations.
Waste Management currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here
A couple of better-ranked stocks in the broader Zacks Business Services sector are Genpact G and Palantir Technologies PLTR.
Genpact carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present. It has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 9.6%.
G delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 5.5% on average.
Palantir Technologies carries a Zacks Rank of 2 at present. PLTR has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 50%.
Palantir Technologies beat earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters and matched estimates once, delivering an earnings surprise of 16.3% on average.
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This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).
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