Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

A somewhat high PE, but this is a company that has a solid foothold on the waste industry and is well positioned for the future with recyclables and green energy.

CAPSCall pick based on an article scheduled for 27-JAN-2012.

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The best companies to own for the long haul are ones that share a few key characteristics:
• They provide a necessary product or service.
• They build difficult to surmount barriers to competition.
• They directly reward their shareholders for the risks of investing, and
• They don't over-leverage their balance sheets with too much debt.

One of the few companies that fit all those criteria is trash kingpin Waste Management (NYSE: WM).

Landfills are not cheap to zone nor to establish. Waste Management has the largest zones of landfills and zones that are not even in use as well. This will keep them years ahead of any competition. Competition is the only thing that could ever drive down this company because you know American's like making trash.

Great stock, plus do some research on S4 Energy Solutions. It is a joint venture between WM and InEnTec.

As Europe crisis continues to unfold this year, investors will seek stable companies with good dividend

Oversold with PE of 17.0 and yield of 2,3%

People create waste. This company not only services the collection, but also owns/maintains many dumps as well. Other collectors have to pay WM to utilize those dumps. Increase the population, increase the waste, increase the profits...increase the dividend.

W. Reynolds likes it because it will outperform competitors by investing in new and green technologies. Also, it is undervalued currently.

Doggonit, somebody's gotta take out the trash!!!

they put garbage underground

This one is starting to get interesting. I had targeted it in real life if it fell below 30. I now think it might go a little lower, but this is a good time to initiate a position in CAPS. In real life, I'll wait for a better entry point.

Good Economy or Bad Economy, people need their trash removed.

Steady Eddie dividend payer in duopoly market.

This is a "Giant Tortoise Stock." Like a giant tortoise, It may be big and slow, but it has a hard shell (economic moat), can swim far (enter into new and emerging markets and industries), and live long.

As the US economy recovers, consumers will buy more, and WM will benefit processing more waste.

good dividend, buy and hold

I believe Waste Management will bring in 329.86 points considering a 15% S&P performance.

Buy and Hold

Your telling me I can get a 4% dividend in a company that continues to grow through overseas acquisitions? Why didn't I think of this sooner?