Waste Management Ownership | Who Owns Waste Management?

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Waste Management Ownership Summary

Waste Management is owned by 60.96% institutional investors, 0.27% insiders, and 38.77% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.68% 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	60.96%	0.27%	38.77%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	47.66%	12.52%	39.82%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	38.99M	9.68%	$8.57B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	29.73M	7.38%	$6.53B
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	28.93M	7.19%	$6.39B
State street	17.11M	4.25%	$3.78B
Geode capital management	8.99M	2.23%	$1.97B
Morgan stanley	6.67M	1.66%	$1.47B
Ameriprise financial	5.67M	1.41%	$1.25T
Parnassus investments	5.28M	1.31%	$1.16B
Norges bank	4.66M	1.16%	$1.02B
Northern trust	3.95M	0.98%	$873.28M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Morgan stanley institutional investment advisors	1.54M	35.67%	$337.39M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	28.93M	17.47%	$6.39B
Ecofi investissements sa	36.75K	9.75%	$8.12M
Tlw wealth management	53.22K	6.74%	$11.69M
Chapman investment management	28.05K	4.51%	$6.16M
Terra alpha investments	20.04K	4.51%	$4.40M
Pictet bank & trust	17.00K	4.48%	$3.74M
Palmer knight	38.06K	4.39%	$8.36M
Atwater malick	69.96K	4.24%	$15.37M
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	2.77M	4.22%	$608.23M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	4.66M	0.11%	4.66M
Sg americas securities	1.15M	0.32%	1.14M
Holocene advisors, lp	1.40M	0.70%	869.45K
Vontobel	2.79M	1.93%	587.94K
Vanguard group	38.99M	0.12%	553.61K

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
Morgan stanley	6.67M	0.09%	-950.45K
T. rowe price investment management	15.64K	0.00%	-648.76K
Assenagon asset management	283.09K	0.09%	-603.08K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.66M	0.11%	4.66M	$1.02B
Intermede investment partners	234.75K	2.12%	234.75K	$51.58M
Hancock whitney	203.08K	0.89%	203.08K	$46.47M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	131.48K	1.13%	131.48K	$29.04M
Goodman financial	76.91K	3.20%	76.91K	$16.90M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
New millennium group	-1.00
Morganrosel wealth management	-1.00
Accordant advisory group	-5.00
Transcendent capital group	-5.00
Anfield capital management	-7.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	1,949	-12.13%	245,478,839	-23.19%	60	0.97%	945	-7.98%	671	-13.20%
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%

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	12.69M	3.15%	36.03K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.44M	2.34%	59.06K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.72M	1.17%	912.44K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.69M	1.16%	6.87K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.54M	1.13%	-66.65K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	4.42M	1.10%	-23.22K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.42M	1.10%	54.40K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.38M	1.09%	-7.78K
Parnassus Core Equity Investor	4.11M	1.02%	-93.82K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 09, 2026	Reed David L.	EVP & CFO	Sell	$18.39K
Mar 09, 2026	Morris John J	President & COO	Sell	$1.02M
Mar 09, 2026	Varkey Johnson	SVP-Chief Information Officer	Sell	$29.68K
Mar 09, 2026	Carroll John A.	VP & Chief Accounting Officer	Sell	$11.53K
Mar 09, 2026	DeSantis Christopher P.	SVP Operations - East	Sell	$14.98K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	32
2025 Q4	1	1
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	-	6
2025 Q1	-	28

WM Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Waste Management?

Waste Management’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (38.99M shares, 9.68%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (29.73M shares, 7.38%), and Bill & melinda gates foundation trust (28.93M shares, 7.19%). Together, they hold 24.25% 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 35.67% of its assets in 1.54M Waste Management shares, valued at 337.39M$.

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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