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Waste Management
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Arincen80/100B

Who owns Waste Management?

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 own
83.0%
Institutional holders
2,435
The 10 largest hold
37.0%
Free float
99.8%
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026

Who owns the shares

10 largest holders 37.0% Other institutions 46.1% Individuals and others 17.0%

Shares free to trade

Free float 396.69M shares ·99.8% Closely held 943.19K shares ·0.2%

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

#HolderSharesOf the companyValueChange last quarter (shares)
1BlackRock, Inc.30,733,9447.64%6.85B USD+535,079
2Gates Foundation Trust26,720,7446.64%5.96B USD-921,600
3Vanguard Capital Management LLC25,179,7166.26%5.61B USD+10,203
4State Street Corp18,008,9314.47%4.01B USD+507,209
5Capital Research Global Investors10,438,1362.59%2.33B USD+1,706,093
6Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC10,121,4282.52%2.26B USD-115,237
7Geode Capital Management, LLC9,068,8082.25%2.01B USD-122,542
8Ameriprise Financial Inc7,086,1131.76%1.58B USD-341,294
9Morgan Stanley6,584,9061.64%1.47B USD-492,264
10Parnassus Investments, LLC4,792,0051.19%1.07B USD-189,573

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