Waste Management Ownership | Who Owns Waste Management?

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Waste Management Ownership Summary

Waste Management is owned by 40.11% institutional investors, 0.65% insiders, and 59.24% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.29% of WM shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.16% of its assets in Waste Management shares.

WM Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Waste Management	40.11%	0.65%	59.24%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	50.72%	11.74%	37.54%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	37.30M	9.29%	$7.53B
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	32.23M	8.03%	$6.50B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	30.18M	7.52%	$6.09B
Geode capital management	8.21M	2.05%	$1.65B
Parnassus investments	6.27M	1.56%	$1.27B
Norges bank	5.00M	1.25%	$1.01B
Goldman sachs group	4.67M	1.16%	$941.66M
Nordea investment management ab	4.24M	1.06%	$854.45M
Ameriprise financial	4.08M	1.02%	$822.59M
Wells fargo & company/mn	4.02M	1.00%	$811.44M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	32.23M	15.48%	$6.50B
Tlw wealth management	55.63K	6.69%	$11.23M
Ecofi investissements sa	49.10K	5.68%	$9.18M
Atwater malick	68.76K	4.65%	$13.88M
Westchester capital management	89.39K	4.54%	$18.04M
Ycg	249.85K	4.01%	$50.42M
Geo capital gestora de recursos	14.72K	3.83%	$2.97M
Locust wood capital advisers	540.00K	3.76%	$108.97M
Palmer knight	40.01K	3.62%	$8.07M
Chapman investment management	23.08K	3.46%	$4.66M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.00M	0.13%	5.00M
Raymond james financial	1.69M	0.13%	1.69M
Capital research global investors	1.66M	0.07%	1.18M
Parnassus investments	6.27M	2.81%	1.15M
Leigh baldwin	1.02M	0.88%	1.02M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
International assets investment management	13.24K	0.22%	-2.58M
Capital world investors	460.40K	0.01%	-1.69M
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	2.01M	2.03%	-637.26K
Legal & general group	2.96M	0.16%	-580.82K
Barclays	1.90M	0.11%	-528.48K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.00M	0.13%	5.00M	$1.01B
Raymond james financial	1.69M	0.13%	1.69M	$340.61M
Leigh baldwin	1.02M	0.88%	1.02M	$1.02B
Robeco schweiz	300.65K	1.30%	300.65K	$60.67M
Alyeska investment group	230.03K	0.17%	230.03K	$46.42M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Clear street markets	-6.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-8.00
Vista private wealth partners.	-8.00
Goalvest advisory	-17.00
Hobbs group advisors	-47.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	1,385	-31.33%	160,947,792	-49.38%	40	0.64%	706	-21.47%	425	-40.23%
Sep 30, 2024	2,006	-0.55%	317,900,148	-1.55%	79	1.22%	896	-2.93%	705	-0.42%
Jun 30, 2024	2,017	1.31%	322,899,890	1.07%	80	1.27%	923	3.59%	708	-7.09%
Mar 31, 2024	1,991	5.07%	319,466,347	-1.18%	79	1.23%	891	3.97%	762	8.24%
Dec 31, 2023	1,895	7.18%	323,287,872	0.44%	80	1.27%	857	12.47%	704	5.55%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	12.71M	3.16%	-4.25K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	12.67M	3.15%	46.80K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	10.13M	2.52%	69.15K
Parnassus Core Equity Investor	4.73M	1.18%	-107.87K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.57M	1.14%	20.37K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.54M	1.13%	-66.65K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.46M	1.11%	12.90K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	4.42M	1.10%	-23.22K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.37M	1.09%	-73.53K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	3.46M	0.86%	23.41K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 07, 2025	Morris John J	EVP & Chief Operation Officer	Sell	$4.30M
Mar 07, 2025	Carroll John A.	VP & Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$282.63K
Mar 06, 2025	Carrasco Rafael	SVP of Enterprise Strategy	Sell	$212.54K
Mar 05, 2025	Rankin Devina A	EVP & CFO	Sell	$941.18K
Mar 05, 2025	Watson Michael J.	Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer	Sell	$352.89K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	-	26
2024 Q4	-	1
2024 Q3	-	1
2024 Q2	-	2
2024 Q1	-	32

WM Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Waste Management?

Waste Management’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (37.3M shares, 9.29%), Bill & melinda gates foundation trust (32.23M shares, 8.03%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (30.18M shares, 7.52%). Together, they hold 24.85% of Waste Management’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Waste Management?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Waste Management.

Who is Waste Management’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Bill & melinda gates foundation trust is Waste Management’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 15.48% of its assets in 32.23M Waste Management shares, valued at 6.5B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Management shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Management shares, with 3.16% of its total shares outstanding invested in 12.71M Waste Management shares.

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