Waste Management (WM) VP & Chief Accounting Officer John A. Carroll Sells Shares

What Happened
John A. Carroll, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Waste Management, sold 1,365 shares of WM common stock in an open-market transaction on September 4, 2026. The shares were sold at $219.90 per share for total proceeds of $300,164. This was a sale (transaction code S), which is often a routine disposition rather than a bullish signal.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-09-04 — 1,365 shares sold at $219.90 per share (open-market sale).
• Total proceeds: $300,164.
• Filing date: 2026-09-08 — filed with the SEC; appears timely based on standard Form 4 reporting windows.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnotes/plan: No 10b5-1 plan or other special footnotes reported in the provided data.
• Transaction code: S = Sale (open market/private sale).

Context
Officer sales can occur for many personal or financial reasons (diversification, liquidity, tax planning) and do not by themselves indicate a change in company fundamentals. Retail investors often look for patterns (multiple insider buys or significant purchases) that may carry more informational weight than an isolated sale.