Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
NYSE: WM · Refuse Systems · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 5.3● Present 6.1▶ Future 5.9
Who owns Waste Management, Inc.
As filed with the SECHolders of 5% or more
2
Gates Foundation Trust holds 7.2% of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, as its SCHEDULE 13G/A filed Nov 14, 2025 says.
Directors and officers
21
report now, of 41 people on the record since 2006. Their holdings as a group are not read here.
Institutions as a whole
n/a
The record does not read the share held by managers that file Form 13F, so none is printed and no split of the rest is estimated. What it holds is the 2 named at left.
Holders of 5% or moreshare of the class, as filed
Gates Foundation Trust
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed Nov 14, 2025 · Common Stock, $0.01 par value
Vanguard Capital Management
SCHEDULE 13G · filed Apr 30, 2026 · Common Stock
The Vanguard Group
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed Mar 27, 2026 · Common Stock · reported falling below 5%
What WM reports owning in othersstakes of 5% or more, and other ties
Other ties the annual report names
Stericycle
A company bought · acquisition · Oct 2025 · owns, named in the 10-K filed Feb 9, 2026
578 subsidiaries in 15 countries, from the list filed with the 10-K filed Feb 9, 2026.
Insider tradesForm 4
36sales
0purchases
29sales on a scheduled plan
12people selling
$24.3Msold, in dollars
$0bought, in dollars
Open-market trades on Form 4 from Nov 9, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026. A scheduled plan is a selling program set in advance under SEC rule 10b5-1. The trades are listed as filed and do not feed the grade.
By calendar yearSoldBought
2026 runs to Nov 9, 2026. Dollars as filed, summed by the transaction date.
People who traded in the window12 of 41 on the roster
| Person | Role as filed | Sales | Sold | On a plan | Buys | Bought |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish James C Jr | Chief Executive Officer | 3 | $8.5M | 3 | 0 | $0 |
| Watson Michael J. | Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer | 3 | $4.3M | 3 | 0 | $0 |
| Morris John J | President | 3 | $3.1M | 3 | 0 | $0 |
| Smith Donald J | Sr. VP - Operations | 3 | $3.0M | 3 | 0 | $0 |
| Carrasco Rafael | SVP of Enterprise Strategy | 4 | $2.8M | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Hmmer Tara J. | EVP & Chief Operating Officer | 2 | $1.3M | 2 | 0 | $0 |
| Carroll John A. | VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 5 | $600,000 | 3 | 0 | $0 |
| Varkey Johnson | SVP-Chief Information Officer | 4 | $400,000 | 2 | 0 | $0 |
| Boettcher Charles C | EVP, Chief Legal Officer | 1 | $200,000 | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Reed David L. | EVP & CFO | 4 | $100,000 | 4 | 0 | $0 |
| Desantis Christopher P. | SVP Operations - East | 2 | $100,000 | 2 | 0 | $0 |
| Stith Kimberly G. | SVP - Chief HR Officer | 2 | $0 | 2 | 0 | $0 |