WM - Latest News
Waste Management, Inc. (WM), operates in Industrials / Waste Management, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $87.80B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 30.97. Beta to the broader market is 0.44.
The article list below shows the most recent WM headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent WM Headlines
Waste Management (WM) Down 6.5% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?
zacks.com - Aug 27, 2026
Waste Management (WM) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Waste Management: A Business I Want To Own Badly, Just Not At This Price
seekingalpha.com - Aug 27, 2026
Waste Management offers a compelling blend of income and growth but trades at a 28x forward P/E, limiting margin of safety. Despite inflationary head
Jim Fish to Retire from WM; John Morris Named as Next CEO
businesswire.com - Aug 26, 2026
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $WM--WM (NYSE: WM) announced that Jim Fish, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, has advised t
WM DCF Analysis: Intrinsic Value $133 vs Price $226
gurufocus.com - Aug 25, 2026
On August 25, 2026, we delve into the DCF analysis for Waste Management Inc (WM), a company currently trading at $226. 46.
WM Announces Cash Dividend
gurufocus.com - Aug 24, 2026
WM (NYSE: WM) today announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.
How News Affects WM Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track WM's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked WM news questions
- What is the latest WM news headline?
- The most recent WM headline (Aug 27, 2026) is "Waste Management (WM) Down 6.5% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the WM news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What WM news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual WM options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.