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Waste Management stock is consolidating as analysts turn bullish ahead of earnings, supported by strong cash flow and growing shareholder returns

Although Republic Services has trailed behind its sector peers recently, analysts remain moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) will release earnings results for the third quarter, after the closing bell on Monday, Oct. 27.

Waste Management is expected to announce its third-quarter results later this month, and analysts predict a single-digit rise in the company’s bottom-line figure.

Waste Management has underperformed the broader Industrial Sector over the past year, yet analysts remain bullish on the stock’s prospects.

Republic Services has outshone the Dow Jones over the past year, but analysts remain cautiously bullish about the stock's potential.

The Gates Foundation Trust, co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates, has increased its portfolio value to $47.78 billion as of the end of the second quarter of 2025, boosting its stake in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (NYSE:BRK) with its holdings remaining highly concentrated in three key stocks.

Despite Waste Management’s underperformance relative to the broader market over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook about the stock’s prospects.

"I think it's important, maybe as important for me as anyone." Fish told Fortune. "And I always make a point of smiling."