As of today (2022-08-17), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Waste Management is 1.49%.
As of today (2022-08-17), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Waste Management is 1.40%.
WM's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than 63.56% of 118
companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 2.18
vs WM: 1.49
Waste Management's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2022 was $0.65.
During the past 12 months, Waste Management's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.50% 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 7.70% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Management's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward 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 Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Management's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Waste Management's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
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 0.650
2022-06-02
2022-06-03
2022-06-17
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.650
2022-03-16
2022-03-17
2022-03-31
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.575
2021-12-02
2021-12-03
2021-12-17
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.575
2021-09-02
2021-09-03
2021-09-17
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD: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 Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.6
/
175.29
=
1.48 %
Current Share Price is $175.29.
Waste Management's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.65 * 4 = $2.6.
Waste Management's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.45
/
175.29
=
1.40 %
Current Share Price is $175.29.
Waste Management's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.45.
* 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.
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 ranks as the largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste services in the United States, operating approximately 268 active landfills and about 350 transfer stations (includes acquired Advanced Disposal landfills and transfer stations). The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial end markets and is also a leading recycler in North America.
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