Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Waste Management, Inc’s current trading price is -4.39% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 19.25%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $184.72 and $230.39. The company, active in the Industrials sector, saw a trading volume of around 1.28 million for the day, considerably lower average daily volume of 1.65 million observed over the last three months.
The stock market performance of Waste Management, Inc has been very steady. Over the last year, the company’s stock hit its highest at $230.39 on 11/27/24, while the lowest price during the same time frame was $184.72, recorded on 01/31/24.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Waste Management, Inc (WM) has experienced a quarterly rise of 5.77% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 88.41B and boasts a workforce of 48000 employees.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 212.21, with a change in price of +11.51. Similarly, Waste Management, Inc recorded 1,551,212 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +5.52%.
How WM’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for WM stands at 2.09. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 2.00.
WM Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Waste Management, Inc over the past 50 days is 65.85%. This is a decrease compared to the raw stochastic average of the last 20 days, which was recorded at 94.64%. Additionally, the Stochastic %K and %D values for the company were 86.15% and 87.00%, respectively, over the past 20 days.
WM Stock Price Performance Analysis
A mixed performance in the stock price over the year has left investors unsure of what to expect, resulting in a range of outlooks from optimistic to pessimistic. The index has shown a price gain of 9.16% this year. Over the last six months, there has been a weaker performance of 9.53%. The price of WM fallen by 7.96% during the last 30 days period. For the last 5-days stocks have improved 4.84%.
