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Waste Management, Inc. (WM)On Sep 23: 30.81  Up 1.46 (4.97%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:14.54B
Enterprise Value (Sep 25, 2011)3:26.62B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.47
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:12.63
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.37
Price/Sales (ttm):1.08
Price/Book (mrq):2.20
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.07
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.13
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):7.37%
Operating Margin (ttm):16.01%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.94%
Return on Equity (ttm):15.32%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):12.87B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):26.99
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):6.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.69B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.27B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):948.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.99
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-3.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):371.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.79
Total Debt (mrq):9.06B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):136.78
Current Ratio (mrq):1.03
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.32
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.38B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):963.00M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.60
52-Week Change3:-13.14%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.07%
52-Week High (May 2, 2011)3:39.69
52-Week Low (Aug 9, 2011)3:27.75
50-Day Moving Average3:31.07
200-Day Moving Average3:35.67
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:6,237,440
Avg Vol (10 day)3:6,980,260
Shares Outstanding5:472.05M
Float:437.94M
% Held by Insiders1:9.04%
% Held by Institutions1:79.70%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:35.83M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:4.10
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:8.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:33.80M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.36
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.60%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.34
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:3.10%
Payout Ratio4:66.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 22, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 1, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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