Insider trade

Officer sold ~$48K of WM shares in the open market

Traded Jan 30, 2026 · Filed Feb 2, 2026

~$48K
Reported value · 220 sh @ $219.571: 9,330.3
Holds after · shares reported: -9.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.4%, $222.24 → $201.90 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Waste Management's VP & Chief Accounting Officer sold $48K of Waste Management shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jan 30, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 2, 2026

Officer$25K–$100KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$48,306

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

2 days after results of Jan 28, 2026, 88 days before results of Apr 28, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $222.24 on Jan 30, 2026, 13% above its 52-week low and 8% below its high, after a 2% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $196.77 (Nov 3, 2025) to $242.10 (Jun 2, 2025), 56% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $218.90 on Dec 16, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+3.0%	+0.4%	+2.6%
30 days	+9.3%	-1.2%	+10.5%
90 days	+1.2%	+4.1%	-2.9%
180 days	+0.6%	+9.9%	-9.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001225208-26-001104
Filed / recorded: Feb 2, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
Issuer CIK: 823768
Ticker: WM
Reporting person: John A. Carroll
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: VP & Chief Accounting Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 30, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 220
Price per share: $219.571
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 9,330.3039
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Sale of additional shares to cover personal federal income tax obligation pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan.
This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $219.5300 to $219.7000. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.

Around the same time

Officer sold7mo ago

~$151KReported value · 617 sh @ $244.13

Waste Management's SVP-Chief Information Officer sold $151K of Waste Management shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

31Shares · @ $238.21

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record

CFO sold ~$5.1K of Waste Management

Scheduled in advance7mo ago