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Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

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38.53 Down 0.17(0.44%) Apr 22, 4:03PM EDT|After Hours : 38.53 Down 0.00 (0.00%) Apr 22, 6:34PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:17.92B
Enterprise Value (Apr 23, 2013)3:31.16B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):21.89
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:16.26
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:3.38
Price/Sales (ttm):1.32
Price/Book (mrq):2.83
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.28
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:9.45
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.99%
Operating Margin (ttm):14.66%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.48%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.17%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):13.65B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):29.44
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.80%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.77B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.30B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):817.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.76
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-15.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):194.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.42
Total Debt (mrq):9.96B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):149.18
Current Ratio (mrq):0.80
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.69
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.30B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):551.62M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.65
52-Week Change3:7.42%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:14.31%
52-Week High (Apr 10, 2013)3:39.49
52-Week Low (Nov 15, 2012)3:30.82
50-Day Moving Average3:38.16
200-Day Moving Average3:35.04
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,704,290
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,051,610
Shares Outstanding5:465.20M
Float:450.71M
% Held by Insiders1:5.42%
% Held by Institutions1:79.80%
Shares Short (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:18.25M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:7.60
Short % of Float (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:3.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:19.35M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.46
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.43
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:3.70%
Payout Ratio4:81.00%
Dividend Date3:Mar 21, 2013
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 7, 2013
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 Dec 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
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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