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Waste Management, Inc. (WM)At 4:01PM ET: 30.75  Up 0.73 (2.43%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:15.15B
Enterprise Value (19-Sep-09)3:25.90B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.33
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-10) 1:14.24
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.39
Price/Sales (ttm):1.19
Price/Book (mrq):2.44
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.09
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.879
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-09
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):7.50%
Operating Margin (ttm):16.72%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.45%
Return on Equity (ttm):15.78%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):12.40B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):25.219
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-15.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.92B
EBITDA (ttm):3.29B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):930.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.88
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-22.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):528.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.072
Total Debt (mrq):8.24B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):1.081
Book Value Per Share (mrq):12.328
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.51B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.07B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.51
52-Week Change3:-11.92%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-14.88%
52-Week High (19-Sep-08)3:36.16
52-Week Low (09-Mar-09)3:22.10
50-Day Moving Average3:29.62
200-Day Moving Average3:27.67
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:2,974,570
Average Volume (10 day)3:3,092,080
Shares Outstanding5:492.69M
Float:458.99M
% Held by Insiders1:6.79%
% Held by Institutions1:82.60%
Shares Short (as of 26-Aug-09)3:32.38M
Short Ratio (as of 26-Aug-09)3:14.4
Short % of Float (as of 26-Aug-09)3:5.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:32.44M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.16
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.14
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.70%
Payout Ratio4:60%
Dividend Date3:24-Sep-09
Ex-Dividend Date4:03-Sep-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-09)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-09)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Jun-09)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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