Waste Management Ownership | Who Owns Waste Management?

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Waste Management Ownership Summary

Waste Management is owned by 50.37% institutional investors, 0.26% insiders, and 49.37% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.55% 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	50.37%	0.26%	49.37%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	46.77%	12.62%	40.60%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	38.44M	9.55%	$8.49B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	29.76M	7.39%	$6.57B
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	28.93M	7.19%	$6.39B
State street	17.11M	4.25%	$3.78B
Geode capital management	8.88M	2.20%	$1.96B
Morgan stanley	7.62M	1.89%	$1.68B
Ameriprise financial	5.67M	1.41%	$1.25T
Parnassus investments	5.61M	1.39%	$1.24B
Norges bank	5.00M	1.25%	$1.01B
Northern trust	3.95M	0.98%	$873.28M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Morgan stanley institutional investment advisors	1.58M	42.06%	$349.97M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	28.93M	17.47%	$6.39B
Ecofi investissements sa	36.75K	9.75%	$8.12M
Tlw wealth management	53.04K	6.70%	$11.71M
Terra alpha investments	20.49K	4.61%	$4.52M
Pictet bank & trust	17.00K	4.51%	$3.75M
Atwater malick	69.97K	4.49%	$15.45M
Chapman investment management	28.02K	4.40%	$6.19M
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	3.26M	4.22%	$720.38M
Westchester capital management	87.44K	4.15%	$19.31M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.00M	0.13%	5.00M
Vontobel	2.21M	1.47%	1.80M
Capital investors	1.37M	0.05%	939.46K
Holocene advisors, lp	1.40M	0.70%	869.45K
Assenagon asset management	886.16K	0.27%	804.28K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	28.93M	17.47%	-3.30M
State street	17.11M	0.13%	-1.33M
Ubs asset management americas	3.00M	0.14%	-851.20K
T. rowe price investment management	15.64K	0.00%	-648.76K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	473.72K	0.07%	-561.25K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.00M	0.13%	5.00M	$1.01B
Hancock whitney	203.08K	0.89%	203.08K	$46.47M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	131.48K	1.13%	131.48K	$29.04M
Axa investment managers	63.03K	0.04%	63.03K	$13.92M
Boston common asset management	61.79K	0.38%	61.79K	$13.65M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Morganrosel wealth management	-1.00
New millennium group	-1.00
Transcendent capital group	-5.00
Tidemark	-5.00
Accordant advisory group	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	1,792	-21.27%	202,805,181	-37.58%	50	0.77%	827	-23.00%	632	-19.18%
Jun 30, 2025	2,250	1.12%	326,696,050	2.11%	81	1.28%	1,058	1.44%	776	-2.76%
Mar 31, 2025	2,184	1.77%	317,578,899	-2.39%	78	1.20%	1,020	-9.33%	789	21.95%
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%

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	12.63M	3.14%	-295.98K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.07M	2.25%	-1.33M
Fidelity 500 Index	4.64M	1.15%	1.99K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.54M	1.13%	-66.65K
Parnassus Core Equity Investor	4.49M	1.11%	-89.40K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	4.42M	1.10%	-23.22K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.42M	1.10%	54.40K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.41M	1.09%	-
Vanguard Value Index Inv	3.57M	0.89%	-4.29K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 20, 2025	Carrasco Rafael	SVP of Enterprise Strategy	Sell	$299.54K
Nov 03, 2025	MENKE SEAN E	-	Buy	$392.84K
Sep 04, 2025	Stith Kimberly G.	SVP - Chief HR Officer	Sell	$22.52K
May 30, 2025	Carrasco Rafael	SVP of Enterprise Strategy	Sell	$278.16K
May 30, 2025	Carrasco Rafael	SVP of Enterprise Strategy	Sell	$187.68K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	1	1
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	6
2025 Q1	-	28
2024 Q4	-	1

WM Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Waste Management?

Waste Management’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (38.44M shares, 9.55%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (29.76M shares, 7.39%), and Bill & melinda gates foundation trust (28.93M shares, 7.19%). Together, they hold 24.13% 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?

Morgan stanley institutional investment advisors is Waste Management’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 42.06% of its assets in 1.58M Waste Management shares, valued at 349.97M$.

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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