Waste Management

WM

Market cap $87.5B

Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Presents at 46th Annual William Blair Growth Stock Conference Transcript

In the latest trading session, Waste Management (WM) closed at $218, marking a +2.86% move from the previous day.

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Waste Management (WM) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

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Investors looking for stocks in the Waste Removal Services sector might want to consider either Veolia Environnement SA (VEOEY) or Waste Management (WM). But which of these two stocks offers value investors a better bang for their buck right now?

Bill Gates built one of the world's most valuable software companies, and yet the trust that funds his foundation no longer owns a single Microsoft share. That sounds dramatic, but the more revealing detail is what remains inside the Gates Foundation Trust: a public equity portfolio of roughly $33 billion, with about 46% now sitting in just two stocks: Berkshire Hathaway and Waste Management.

TORONTO, May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX: WM, OTCQB:WLBMF) (“Wallbridge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced private placement of common shares with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico Eagle”) and Waratah Capital Advisors Limited, on behalf of certain investment funds managed by it (“Waratah”). Under the terms of the private placement, Agnico Eagle purchased 243,927,966 common shares of the Company for gross proceeds of approximately C$22.4 million and Waratah, on behalf of certain investment funds managed by it, purchased 364,339,130 common shares of the Company for gross proceeds of approximately C$33.5 million. As of closing, each of Agnico Eagle and Waratah has a partially-diluted ownership position of, or control or direction over, approximately 19.9% of the common shares of the Company. The net proceeds of the private placement, along with the Company's existing financial resources, is expected to fully fund completion of a pre-feasibility study on the Fenelon project.

WM gains 3.4% in six months as 2026 & 2027 revenue and earnings estimates rise, yet modest growth and liquidity risks still loom.