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Waste Management, Inc.
Industrials · Waste Management
Made on Jul 18, 2026
Price at call $239.31
6-month call Neutral -3.2%
Target by Jan 2027 $231.76
Great value below $190.00
Model v0.3.0

Projection vs Actual (6M history + forecast)

Our straight 6-month prediction (bold) with a textured realism line, and the actual price overlaid from the prediction date forward.

Forecast

One directional 6-month call and the six monthly points we'll be scored against. Predicted Jul 18, 2026 4:35 am
Neutral WM trends range-bound to $231.76 (-3.2% from $239.31) by Jan 2027.
Monthmonths after the call Datewhen it gets graded Predictedthe claim: closing price Current priceactual close — fills in over time Predicted returnpredicted vs $239.31 at call
Prediction made Jul 18, 2026 $239.31 at call
M1 Aug 18, 2026 $238.05 -0.5%
What actually happened: closed $224.02 on Aug 17, 2026 = -6.4% vs the call (predicted -0.5%)  ·  direction MISS (called flat, was down)  ·  off by 5.9 pp  ·  accuracy 4/10  ·  S&P +4.4% over the same window — beat it
M2 Sep 18, 2026 $236.79 -1.1%
M3 Oct 18, 2026 $235.53 -1.6%
M4 Nov 18, 2026 $234.28 -2.1%
M5 Dec 18, 2026 $233.02 -2.6%
M6 Jan 18, 2027 $231.76 -3.2%

Deserved value (DCF/composite) is $199.83; over 6 months we project closing only part-way to it (reach 19.1%). Value-only — see Not Yet Modeled below.

Weaknesses

0 blocking · 1 degraded · 0 notes — follow the chain top-down (cause → effect).
  • Degraded
    High debt risk — interest coverage dangerously low or refinancing needed
    upstream:valuation-synthesis

Equation Inputs

Everything feeding the v0.3.0 model — value anchors, the stock's own price behaviour, and the tunable knobs.

Value anchors (from deep analysis)

Price at call$239.31
Composite fair value$180.05
Signal-adjusted fair value$179.58
DCF fair value$159.22
Anchored-PE fair value$300.33
Buy-below (value lens)$190.00
Value net score-82
Value confidence7 / 10
Quality net score+89
Memo confidence8 / 10
Deserved value (base)$169.64
Quality tilt+17.8%
Deserved value (used)$199.83
Coherence (value × quality)0.50

Price behaviour (trailing — shapes the realism line)

Realized volatility (annualized) 1m 26.0%  3m 23.5%  6m 21.7%  
Daily σ (realism noise)1.5%
Beta vs S&P 500 1m -0.80  3m -0.83  5m -0.52  
Trailing 6-month return9.4%

Knobs (equation params)

Deserved wt · DCF0.5
Quality tilt cap (±)0.2
Horizon reach (6mo)0.45
Coherence floor (conflict)0.5
Conviction gain / pt0.06
Realism mean-reversion φ0.85
Conviction floor0.4
Deserved wt · composite0.5
Realism vol window3m
Neutral band (%)5
Horizon (months)6
Realism σ fallback0.015

Version & Tech Chain

What produced this prediction — stamped on the record so versions can be compared by success rate later.
Model v0.3.0 #6bd904191719

Tech composition (what this version is built from)

#ProcessKindGroup
1 Synthesis valuation-synthesis deterministic final
2 Scenario Analysis scenario-valuation deterministic valuation
3 Valuation / Mispricing ext-lens-value llm extended
4 Company Quality ext-lens-quality llm extended
5 Forensic Memo (combiner) ext-forensic-memo llm extended
6 Classification company-classification llm foundation
7 Live Quote fmp-quote data market-data

Inputs used (the runs that fed this prediction)

Upstream processRanLagRun id
company-classification Jul 18, 2026 freshest WM-20260718-030001-472d
ext-forensic-memo Jul 18, 2026 freshest ext-WM-20260718-042417-4cd3
ext-lens-quality Jul 18, 2026 freshest ext-WM-20260718-042417-4cd3
ext-lens-value Jul 18, 2026 freshest ext-WM-20260718-042417-4cd3
valuation-synthesis Jul 18, 2026 freshest WM-20260718-030001-472d

Inputs flagged 7d+ behind the freshest one may be stale relative to the rest of the analysis.

Saved History

2 frozen snapshots — the record we score once predictions mature.
MadeModelCallAt callTargetExp.Eval due
Aug 10, 2026 v0.6.0 Bear $227.68 $214.00 -6.0% Feb 2027 view
Jul 18, 2026 v0.3.0 Neutral $239.31 $231.76 -3.2% Jan 2027 viewing

Not Yet Modeled

What this v0.3.0 forecast deliberately ignores — the work ahead, in plain sight.
  • Signal-adjusted fair value ($179.58) — the red-flag-adjusted anchor isn't the primary input yet (we use the raw DCF/composite blend, which double-counts DCF).
  • Recent momentum / drift — the line takes off straight; the trailing 6-month move (9.4%) doesn't bend the slope.
  • Market beta — computed (1–5mo) for context but does not condition the path.
  • Earnings dates, catalysts, and known events — not modeled.
  • Macro regime & sector rotation — not modeled.
  • Horizon is a fixed 6-month assumption, not a modeled time-to-target.
  • Outcome scoring — predictions aren't yet graded against realized price once the evaluation date passes.