Waste Management, Inc.
Industrials · Environmental & Facilities Services
Structural: Largest US solid-waste operator (~30% MSW share). Landfill scarcity = moat - new landfill permitting is functionally extinct in the US, so the existing footprint is irreplaceable. Pricing has run mid-to-high single digits annually post-COVID with cost discipline widening margins.
Sustainability segment (RNG + recycling automation) is the growth leg: ~20 RNG plants targeted by 2026, each producing IRA Section 45Z + LCFS credits stacked on commodity gas revenue. 2B EV) adds healthcare-waste cross-sell and secure document destruction.
(1) Landfill moat = un-replicable; (2) Price > cost spread durable - operating margin trajectory 28%+; (3) RNG step-function - 8 plants live, ramping to ~20 by end-2026, captures stacked credit economics; (4) Stericycle synergies $250M+ run-rate by 2027; (5) Defensive cash compounder, dividend aristocrat candidate.
(1) Recycled commodity (OCC, plastics) prices volatile - 2023 OCC collapse hit margins; (2) Stericycle integration is messy - legacy ERP and route-density gaps; (3) RNG credit economics depend on IRA/45Z survival under political risk; (4) Diesel + labor inflation in collection is a perpetual margin headwind; (5) Valuation at $WM ~30x forward earnings already prices in execution.
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