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Best Waste Management Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top waste management stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best waste management stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best waste management stocks to buy right now are:

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) is the #1 top waste management stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -2 points lower than the waste management industry average of 23.

WCN passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Waste Connections has seen its stock return 2.21% over the past year, underperforming other waste management stocks by -5 percentage points.

Waste Connections has an average 1 year price target of $215.09, an upside of 18.14% from Waste Connections's current stock price of $182.07.

Waste Connections stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Waste Connections, 45.45% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 36.36% have issued a Buy, 18.18% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) is the #2 top waste management stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 13 points higher than the waste management industry average of 23.

RSG passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Republic Services has seen its stock return 23.14% over the past year, overperforming other waste management stocks by 16 percentage points.

Republic Services has an average 1 year price target of $262.80, an upside of 9.27% from Republic Services's current stock price of $240.51.

Republic Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Republic Services, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 26.67% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) is the #3 top waste management stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 13 points higher than the waste management industry average of 23.

CWST passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Casella Waste Systems has seen its stock return 12.59% over the past year, overperforming other waste management stocks by 5 percentage points.

Casella Waste Systems has an average 1 year price target of $126.75, an upside of 12.25% from Casella Waste Systems's current stock price of $112.92.

Casella Waste Systems stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Casella Waste Systems, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 3 waste management stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 waste management stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.4%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the waste management industry average of 0.74%. Waste Management's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Waste Management's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Waste Management's dividend payout ratio of 46.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) has an annual dividend yield of 0.96%, which is the same as the waste management industry average of 0.74%. Republic Services's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Republic Services's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Republic Services's dividend payout ratio of 34.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gfl Environmental (NYSE:GFL) has an annual dividend yield of 0.09%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the waste management industry average of 0.74%. Gfl Environmental's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Gfl Environmental's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Gfl Environmental's dividend payout ratio of 0.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Waste management stocks were up 0.28% in the last day, and up 1.04% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued waste management stocks right now are:

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) is the most undervalued waste management stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Clean Harbors has a valuation score of 29, which is 6 points higher than the waste management industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Clean Harbors's stock has gained 4.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the waste management industry by -3 percentage points.

Quest Resource Holding (NASDAQ:QRHC) is the second most undervalued waste management stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Quest Resource Holding has a valuation score of 14, which is -9 points higher than the waste management industry average of 23. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Quest Resource Holding's stock has dropped -75.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the waste management industry by -83 percentage points.

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) is the third most undervalued waste management stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Waste Management has a valuation score of 14, which is -9 points higher than the waste management industry average of 23. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Waste Management's stock has gained 7.49% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the waste management industry.

62.5% of waste management stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect waste management stocks to rise by 12.53% over the next year.

0% of waste management stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of waste management stocks are rated B (Buy), 85.71% are rated C (Hold), 7.14% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).