Waste Management Ownership | Who Owns Waste Management?

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Waste Management Ownership Summary

Waste Management is owned by 81.78% institutional investors, 0.25% insiders, and 17.97% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.68% of WM shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.20% of its assets in Waste Management shares.

WM Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Waste Management	81.78%	0.25%	17.97%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	49.61%	15.69%	34.70%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	38.99M	9.68%	$8.57B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	30.20M	7.49%	$6.94B
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	27.64M	6.86%	$6.35B
State street	17.50M	4.34%	$4.02B
Geode capital management	9.19M	2.28%	$2.10B
Capital research global investors	8.73M	2.17%	$2.01B
Ameriprise financial	7.43M	1.84%	$1.71B
Morgan stanley	7.08M	1.76%	$1.63B
Parnassus investments	4.98M	1.24%	$1.14B
Norges bank	4.66M	1.16%	$1.02B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Morgan stanley institutional investment advisors	1.48M	32.77%	$339.92M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	27.64M	20.06%	$6.35B
Tlw wealth management	54.30K	7.31%	$12.48M
Ecofi investissements sa	14.90K	6.23%	$3.42M
4d advisors	40.00K	5.83%	$9.19M
Chapman investment management	28.27K	5.36%	$6.50M
Pictet bank & trust	15.90K	4.80%	$3.65M
Ycg	220.66K	4.59%	$50.71M
Terra alpha investments	20.04K	4.51%	$4.40M
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	2.02M	4.37%	$464.57M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	8.73M	0.31%	6.47M
Norges bank	4.66M	0.11%	4.66M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.17M	0.13%	2.17M
Royal bank of canada	4.40M	0.18%	2.02M
Dz bank ag deutsche zentral genossenschafts bank, frankfurt am main	2.25M	0.46%	1.81M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	27.64M	20.06%	-1.29M
Holocene advisors, lp	-	-	-1.12M
Pictet asset management sa	1.51M	0.37%	-942.75K
Impax asset management group	116.91K	0.19%	-892.17K
Sustainable growth advisers, lp	2.02M	4.37%	-746.65K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.66M	0.11%	4.66M	$1.02B
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.17M	0.13%	2.17M	$497.82M
Vanguard global advisers	814.06K	0.10%	814.06K	$187.06M
Vanguard asset management	653.56K	0.13%	653.56K	$150.18M
Jacobs levy equity management	350.25K	0.34%	350.25K	$80.48M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
New millennium group	-1.00
Morganrosel wealth management	-1.00
Transcendent capital group	-5.00
Bridge generations wealth management	-5.00
Anfield capital management	-7.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	2,350	-0.42%	329,656,003	0.90%	81	1.24%	1,130	-4.48%	816	3.82%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	12.85M	3.20%	43.30K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	12.71M	3.16%	-4.25K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.62M	2.40%	172.36K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.80M	1.20%	14.11K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.74M	1.18%	22.01K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.54M	1.13%	-66.65K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.42M	1.10%	-4.75K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	4.42M	1.10%	-23.22K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.42M	1.10%	54.40K
Parnassus Core Equity Investor	3.77M	0.94%	-100.72K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 05, 2026	Carrasco Rafael	SVP of Enterprise Strategy	Sell	$585.33K
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

Insider Transactions Trends

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

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 (30.2M shares, 7.49%), and Bill & melinda gates foundation trust (27.64M shares, 6.86%). Together, they hold 24.03% 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 32.77% of its assets in 1.48M Waste Management shares, valued at 339.92M$.

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

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Management shares, with 3.20% of its total shares outstanding invested in 12.85M Waste Management shares.

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