Waste Management reported Q3 results on October 27 and the stock's most interesting story is not what happened on the print, but what happened to positioning heading into it and where the analyst debate now sits heading out. The pre-earnings short build has continued to unwind. Short interest peaked at just under 7.9 million shares in mid-October, nearly double the late-September…
WM short interest surges 43.6% over one week to 1.96% of float, driven by a sharp jump from 5.5 million shares on October 8.
Key data as of 5 Nov 2026
WM short interest surges 43.6% over one week to 1.96% of float, driven by a sharp jump from 5.5 million shares on October 8.
6 Short Interest updates in 30 days
Waste Management heads into its July 24 Q2 earnings release with options positioning signalling unusual conviction on the upside — a notable divergence from the cautious hedging that typically surrounds large-cap…
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