Has Waste Management (WM) Outpaced Other Business Services Stocks This Year?

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Investors interested in Business Services stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Is Waste Management (WM - Free Report) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Business Services sector should help us answer this question.

Waste Management is one of 197 individual stocks in the Business Services sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #3 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

The Zacks Rank is a proven model that highlights a variety of stocks with the right characteristics to outperform the market over the next one to three months. The system emphasizes earnings estimate revisions and favors companies with improving earnings outlooks. WM is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for WM's full-year earnings has moved 1.57% higher. This is a sign of improving analyst sentiment and a positive earnings outlook trend.

Our latest available data shows that WM has returned about 6.58% since the start of the calendar year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Business Services group have gained about 10.07% on average. As we can see, Waste Management is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

Breaking things down more, WM is a member of the Waste Removal Services industry, which includes 9 individual companies and currently sits at #25 in the Zacks Industry Rank. This group has gained an average of 6.37% so far this year, so WM is performing better in this area.

WM will likely be looking to continue its solid performance, so investors interested in Business Services stocks should continue to pay close attention to the company.

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