DJ Waste Management Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Waste Management Inc. $(WM)$ rallied 2.35% to $226.49 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.16% to 6,875.62 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.21% to 49,077.23.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Waste Management Inc. closed 6.63% below its 52-week high of $242.58, which the company reached on June 3rd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ rose 2.51% to $279.86, Republic Services Inc. $(RSG)$ rose 1.74% to $214.29, and Clean Harbors Inc. (CLH) rose 2.04% to $261.54.
Trading volume (3.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled January 21, 2026.
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January 21, 2026 16:41 ET (21:41 GMT)
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