Waste Management, Inc. (WMI)

SoImmature (83.14) Submitted: 7/12/07 5:46 PM : Start Price: $38.29 WMI Score: 8.56

The other day I was sitting at a red light, and a Waste Management truck was coming down the hill perpendicular to myself. He had a red light, and the lane opposite mine had the green, but the WM truck's brakes were dead or something and he blew thro...

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jc3165 (95.72) Submitted: 11/20/07 8:35 PM : Start Price: $32.92 WMI Score: 16.84

THERE IS ONLY ONE THING MORE CERTAIN THAN DEATH AND TAXES. "YOU CAN'T LIVE KNEE DEEP IN YOUR OWN WASTE". AND NOW THAT CHINA IS ENTERING HER OWN INDUSTRIAL AGE.SHE WILL TURN TO US FOR OUR WORLD RENOWNED KNOWLEDGE OF WASTE.

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grandpagolf1 (21.20) Submitted: 10/08/06 6:02 PM : Start Price: $35.53 WMI Score: 3.50

Perhaps the only industry other than Waste Management that is going to be around forever is the Mortuary business. Of the two, waste management is the livelier choice. It is WMI for me.

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wan65 (< 20) Submitted: 11/22/06 1:18 PM : Start Price: $36.14 WMI Score: 5.89

Trash baby. Everybody needs their trash picked up. It doesn't matter what the economy does. WMI is also "waste to energy" company...uses some hybrid trucks....and is selling off routes that aren't as profitable as they would like.

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csquarles (31.17) Submitted: 4/10/07 1:39 PM : Start Price: $33.33 WMI Score: 16.50

Not sexy but this is a long term consideration - a well run company that is coming off a 52 week low and buying back stock plus a decent yield. Seems like a lock to beat the market because trash doesn't care about recessions or geopolitical events

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akachmar (47.95) Submitted: 9/19/06 6:02 PM : Start Price: $33.68 WMI Score: 6.42

Waste Management should benefit greatly from the recent drop in oil and gasoline prices. The company generates significant free cash which allows it to pay a sizeable and growing dividend to its shareholders. Furthermore, they operate in a recessio...

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sams5940 (48.08) Submitted: 11/30/06 3:35 PM : Start Price: $35.25 WMI Score: 8.50

growth forecasts are always so subjective but one thing I will never doubt is people will always produce more trash.

Strong profit margins and more 'green' initiatives all mean go to me.

(they should buy some of oshkosh's hybrid refuse trucks...)

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dailyprayer (< 20) Submitted: 3/19/07 3:59 PM : Start Price: $32.87 WMI Score: 15.00

Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $600 million in common stock during 2007, which brings the total amount of cash authorized for return to shareholders to $1.8 billion for 2007

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goldstockanalyst (78.40) Submitted: 3/29/07 10:02 AM : Start Price: $33.16 WMI Score: 15.54

The more people live on the earth the more waste they will generate. There is no alternative than processing waste. In fact waste management industry will grow for unspecified period of time, maybe forever.

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TMFHighYield (34.70) Submitted: 8/19/08 9:20 AM : Start Price: $34.78 WMI Score: 1.79

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