WM pulls back despite Street upgrades
Waste Management trades at $217.65 after losing 3% on the week — a pullback that sits in tension with a post-earnings wave of analyst target increases and what remains a deeply unconvincing short position. The…

Waste Management, Inc.
NYSEWaste Management trades at $217.65 after losing 3% on the week — a pullback that sits in tension with a post-earnings wave of analyst target increases and what remains a deeply unconvincing short position. The positioning story is notably subdued for a stock down 5% over the past month. Short interest has crept up — rising 22% over thirty days to 1.7% of the free float — but that's a…
Snapshot as of 22 Jun 2026
Waste Management trades at $217.65 after losing 3% on the week — a pullback that sits in tension with a post-earnings wave of analyst target increases and what remains a deeply unconvincing short position. The…
Waste Management heads into its Q1 2026 earnings print with the Street broadly constructive but quietly raising the bar on execution. Analyst sentiment has shifted upward ahead of the release. JP Morgan raised its…
Waste Management faces its Q1 print with short interest up 12% over the past month. Recent analyst support remains strong, with three firms lifting price targets in April. Short interest stood at 6.02 million shares as…
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