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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Waste Management, Inc.</li><li>has successfully delivered a strong end to 2023, with a 15% increase in fourth quarter operating EBITDA. This has resulted in full year operating EBITDA exceeding the company's most recent guidance range by nearly $25 million, affirming the company's original expectations at the start of the year.</li><li>However, despite this impressive performance, there are still risks ahead given uncertain economic conditions.</li></ul>

Waste Management, Inc.has successfully delivered a strong end to 2023, with a 15% increase in fourth quarter operating EBITDA. This has resulted in full year operating EBITDA exceeding the company's most recent guidance range by nearly $25 million, affirming the company's original expectations at the start of the year.However, despite this impressive performance, there are still risks ahead given uncertain economic conditions.

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<ul><li>Waste Management delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations but surpassed the analyst consensus regarding earnings.</li><li>The solid waste business was the driving force behind this achievement, with organic revenue growth in collection and disposal aligning well with expectations.</li><li>The resilience of solid waste volumes, with positive trends in commercial volumes and special waste growth, stood out.</li></ul>

Waste Management delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations but surpassed the analyst consensus regarding earnings.The solid waste business was the driving force behind this achievement, with organic revenue growth in collection and disposal aligning well with expectations.The resilience of solid waste volumes, with positive trends in commercial volumes and special waste growth, stood out.

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<ul><li>Waste Management's results were a major disappointment as the company failed to meet the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Their adjusted operating EBITDA margin increased in the second quarter due to careful SG&A cost management and pricing in the collection and disposal sector.</li><li>With ongoing momentum in price, reduced optimization costs, and increased efficiency, Waste Management is overcoming the margin pressure caused by this transient change in volume mix.</li></ul>

Waste Management's results were a major disappointment as the company failed to meet the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.Their adjusted operating EBITDA margin increased in the second quarter due to careful SG&A cost management and pricing in the collection and disposal sector.With ongoing momentum in price, reduced optimization costs, and increased efficiency, Waste Management is overcoming the margin pressure caused by this transient change in volume mix.

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Waste Management / Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Waste Management is off to a good start in 2023, with first-quarter performance exceeding analyst expectations.</li><li>Collection and disposal volume also increased by 0.8% in the first quarter.</li><li>Waste Management believes it is poised for another year of robust financial growth in 2023.</li></ul>

Waste Management is off to a good start in 2023, with first-quarter performance exceeding analyst expectations.Collection and disposal volume also increased by 0.8% in the first quarter.Waste Management believes it is poised for another year of robust financial growth in 2023.

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Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

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Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We've discussed for months that we'll need to see SPX and NDX (QQQ) close below their 20-day MAs/21-dayEMAs for more than 2-3 consecutive days in order to get more cautious.</li>
<li>Today (Tuesday) marks 3 consecutive days as the DXY climbs to test major $106 resistance, and amid 10- and 30-year Treasury yields breaking above long-term resistances. Caution is warranted.</li>
<li>Still, in order for there to be a meaningful pullback, important 2-month supports <em>that are currently being tested</em> would need to break, including 4983-5050 on SPX and $425-$433 on QQQ.</li>
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We've discussed for months that we'll need to see SPX and NDX (QQQ) close below their 20-day MAs/21-dayEMAs for more than 2-3 consecutive days in order to get more cautious.
Today (Tuesday) marks 3 consecutive days as the DXY climbs to test major $106 resistance, and amid 10- and 30-year Treasury yields breaking above long-term resistances. Caution is warranted.
Still, in order for there to be a meaningful pullback, important 2-month supports that are currently being tested would need to break, including 4983-5050 on SPX and $425-$433 on QQQ.


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United States

Waste Management, Inc. provides waste management services including collection, transfer, recycling, resource recovery and disposal services, and operates waste-to-energy facilities.  The Company serves municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers throughout North America.

Waste Management (WM US)

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