WM Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own WM shares is 2655, representing 83.79% of the company's common stock.

VANGUARD GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WM by -0.12% restricting it's holding to 36.12 million shares of worth nearly $7.70B. MORGAN STANLEY also lessened -0.79% of the WM shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 7.21 million shares of worth $1.54B. NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB also shunned WM shares holding by -9.23% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.68 million shares worth $995.89M.

As per its latest 13F filing, BLACKROCK INC. increased its stake in WM by 0.39% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 28.78 million shares having worth more than $6.13B. STATE STREET CORP also added 3.97% more shares of WM to its portfolio, raising its holding to 18.57 million shares of worth $3.96B. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its WM shares holding by 3.49% which brought its holding to 7.81 million shares worth $1.66B.

The insider with the most stakes in WM is Fish James C Jr , Pres, Chief Executive Officer at the company. Additionally, WM stock is highly held by EVP & Chief Operation Officer Morris John J and EVP & CFO Rankin Devina A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.21% percent of Waste Management, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 16 transaction(s) in which WM insiders have sold stock, totaling 20.54K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CARRASCO RAFAEL, VARKEY JOHNSON, and RANKIN DEVINA A.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Waste Management, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 562.08K Waste Management, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.21% of WM stock.

WM Pres, Chief Executive Officer, Fish James C Jr holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WM shares owned by Fish total nearly 198.35 thousand.

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in WM which holds 36.12 million shares worth $7.70B or 8.92% of the total WM shares outstanding followed by BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION TRUST with ownership of 35.23 million shares representing 8.77% of the WM ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 28.78 million shares or 7.11% of the ownership worth more than $6.13B.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the WM is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of WM shares short is 3.95M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 401.37M shares of WM are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, WM has 400.11M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for WM is 2.19.