Who owns Waste Management?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 83.0% of Waste Management's shares, through 2,435 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (7.6%), Gates Foundation Trust (6.6%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.3%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 83.0%
- Institutional holders
- 2,435
- The 10 largest hold
- 37.0%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.8%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 30,733,944 | 7.64% | 6.85B USD | +535,079 |
| 2 | Gates Foundation Trust | 26,720,744 | 6.64% | 5.96B USD | -921,600 |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 25,179,716 | 6.26% | 5.61B USD | +10,203 |
| 4 | State Street Corp | 18,008,931 | 4.47% | 4.01B USD | +507,209 |
| 5 | Capital Research Global Investors | 10,438,136 | 2.59% | 2.33B USD | +1,706,093 |
| 6 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 10,121,428 | 2.52% | 2.26B USD | -115,237 |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 9,068,808 | 2.25% | 2.01B USD | -122,542 |
| 8 | Ameriprise Financial Inc | 7,086,113 | 1.76% | 1.58B USD | -341,294 |
| 9 | Morgan Stanley | 6,584,906 | 1.64% | 1.47B USD | -492,264 |
| 10 | Parnassus Investments, LLC | 4,792,005 | 1.19% | 1.07B USD | -189,573 |
| 11 | Norges Bank | 4,771,642 | 1.19% | 1.06B USD | New position |
| 12 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 4,739,983 | 1.18% | 1.06B USD | +335,941 |
| 13 | Wells Fargo & Company | 4,335,084 | 1.08% | 966.20M USD | +73,374 |
| 14 | Northern Trust Corp | 3,759,398 | 0.93% | 837.89M USD | -149,540 |
| 15 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,598,308 | 0.89% | 801.99M USD | -48,305 |
| 16 | Bank Of America Corp | 3,124,403 | 0.78% | 696.37M USD | -225,463 |
| 17 | UBS AM | 3,121,427 | 0.78% | 695.70M USD | +35,322 |
| 18 | Nordea Investment Management Ab | 2,957,041 | 0.74% | 657.20M USD | -510,747 |
| 19 | Amundi | 2,878,103 | 0.72% | 641.45M USD | -105,330 |
| 20 | Swedbank Ab | 2,771,422 | 0.69% | 617.69M USD | +378,554 |
| 21 | Dz Bank AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt AM Main | 2,753,631 | 0.68% | 613.73M USD | +499,406 |
| 22 | Legal & General Group PLC | 2,680,349 | 0.67% | 597.40M USD | +35,477 |
| 23 | Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 2,433,136 | 0.60% | 542.30M USD | -41,502 |
| 24 | Vontobel Holding Ltd. | 2,375,932 | 0.59% | 529.55M USD | -550,681 |
| 25 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 2,366,960 | 0.59% | 527.57M USD | +45,994 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 1,255 · 150 new
- Sold or cut
- 1,068 · 142 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +4.31M · 960.61M USD
- Institutional ownership
- 82.0% → 83.0%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Norges BankNew position
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Capital Research Global Investors+1,706,093
- BlackRock, Inc.+535,079
- Citadel Advisors LLC+515,573
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Pictet Asset Management Holding SA-929,837
- Gates Foundation Trust-921,600
- Barclays PLC-839,055
- Two Sigma Investments, LP-705,400
- Vontobel Holding Ltd.-550,681
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Waste Management's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
