Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) shares are trading higher Tuesday after the company posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results after the bell on Monday.
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Waste Management posted quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.74 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.53 by 13.73% and is a 33.85% increase over earnings of $1.30 per share from the same period last year.
The company reported quarterly sales of $5.22 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $5.19 billion by 0.44% and representing a 5.71% increase over sales of $4.93 ...