Waste Management Ownership | Who Owns Waste Management?

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Waste Management Ownership Summary

Waste Management is owned by 81.15% institutional investors, 0.25% insiders, and 18.61% 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	81.15%	0.25%	18.61%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	64.07%	12.69%	23.24%

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	8.01%	$7.38B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	29.93M	7.44%	$6.85B
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
Ameriprise financial	4.08M	1.02%	$822.59M
Wells fargo & company/mn	4.02M	1.00%	$811.44M
Nordea investment management ab	3.83M	0.95%	$870.25M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	32.23M	15.44%	$7.38B
Ecofi investissements sa	37.75K	9.60%	$8.64M
Tlw wealth management	59.41K	7.57%	$13.59M
Atwater malick	69.87K	5.06%	$15.99M
Advanced portfolio management	7.50K	4.80%	$1.72M
Westchester capital management	88.74K	4.78%	$20.31M
Pictet bank & trust	17.00K	4.56%	$3.89M
Ycg	236.80K	4.19%	$54.18M
Chapman investment management	25.25K	4.03%	$5.78M
Palmer knight	39.21K	3.82%	$8.97M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.00M	0.13%	5.00M
Valeo financial advisors	1.73M	0.11%	1.72M
Parnassus investments	6.27M	2.81%	1.15M
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	2.90M	3.42%	1.03M
Leigh baldwin	1.02M	0.88%	1.02M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Legal & general group	2.96M	0.16%	-580.82K
Barclays	1.90M	0.11%	-528.48K
Lazard asset management	2.52M	0.79%	-526.41K
Nordea investment management ab	3.83M	0.81%	-461.18K
Capital world investors	-	-	-460.40K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.00M	0.13%	5.00M	$1.01B
Leigh baldwin	1.02M	0.88%	1.02M	$1.02B
Holocene advisors, lp	531.25K	0.30%	531.25K	$121.56M
Soundwatch capital	411.00K	0.07%	411.00K	$407.42K
Hancock whitney	203.08K	0.89%	203.08K	$46.47M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Transcendent capital group	-5.00
Accordant advisory group	-5.00
Clear street markets	-6.00
Vista private wealth partners.	-8.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-8.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Jun 30, 2024	2,017	1.31%	322,899,890	1.07%	80	1.27%	923	3.59%	708	-7.09%

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%	31.79K
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	4.44M	1.10%	-18.49K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	4.42M	1.10%	-23.22K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.37M	1.09%	19.87K
Vanguard Value Index Inv	3.57M	0.89%	-4.29K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
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
May 27, 2025	Rankin Devina A	EVP & CFO	Sell	$13.74M
May 27, 2025	Carrasco Rafael	SVP of Enterprise Strategy	Sell	$96.86K

Insider Transactions Trends

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

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, 8.01%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (29.93M shares, 7.44%). Together, they hold 24.74% 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 15.44% of its assets in 32.23M Waste Management shares, valued at 7.38B$.

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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