Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

Waste Management Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions USD. Fiscal year is January - December.

Total Valuation

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Aug 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
Market Capitalization	87,506	88,514	80,992	72,137	64,396	69,817
Market Cap Growth	-4.05%	9.29%	12.28%	12.02%	-7.76%	40.09%
Enterprise Value	110,305	111,702	97,024	87,433	78,324	82,750
Last Close Price	218.92	217.90	197.19	172.54	148.49	155.48

Price Ratios

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Aug 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
PE Ratio	30.97	32.69	29.49	31.31	28.77	38.45
Forward PE	25.65	27.23	25.74	27.40	26.22	30.82
PS Ratio	3.41	3.51	3.67	3.53	3.27	3.89
PB Ratio	8.82	8.86	9.81	10.46	9.38	9.80
P/FCF Ratio	24.49	31.43	37.51	39.55	33.04	28.68
P/OCF Ratio	13.43	14.65	15.03	15.29	14.20	16.09
PEG Ratio	2.56	2.54	2.08	2.28	2.24	2.34

EV Ratios

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Aug 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
EV/Sales Ratio	4.30	4.43	4.40	4.28	3.98	4.62
EV/EBITDA Ratio	14.19	14.78	14.75	14.83	14.33	16.70
EV/EBIT Ratio	22.79	23.79	22.52	22.87	22.85	27.98
EV/FCF Ratio	30.87	39.67	44.94	47.94	40.19	34.00

Financial Efficiency

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Aug 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
Debt / Equity Ratio	2.35	2.39	3.02	2.43	2.26	1.96
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	2.85	2.99	3.65	2.75	2.75	2.73
Debt / FCF Ratio	6.54	8.49	11.55	9.18	7.96	5.72
Net Debt / Equity Ratio	2.30	2.37	2.97	2.36	2.21	1.94
Net Debt / EBITDA Ratio	2.93	3.14	3.73	2.76	2.77	2.79
Net Debt / FCF Ratio	6.38	8.42	11.36	8.93	7.78	5.67
Asset Turnover	0.56	0.56	0.57	0.64	0.65	0.61
Inventory Turnover	66.87	69.66	70.62	74.81	82.23	85.80
Quick Ratio	0.80	0.77	0.66	0.79	0.71	0.65
Current Ratio	0.91	0.89	0.76	0.90	0.81	0.75
Return on Equity (ROE)	29.84%	29.70%	36.24%	33.08%	32.02%	24.93%
Return on Assets (ROA)	6.57%	6.49%	6.96%	7.45%	7.09%	6.33%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	11.64%	11.17%	12.22%	12.74%	12.25%	10.85%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	12.00%	11.60%	11.20%	13.40%	12.70%	11.80%

Yields

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021
Period Ending	Aug 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021
Earnings Yield	3.26%	3.06%	3.39%	3.19%	3.48%	2.60%
FCF Yield	4.08%	3.18%	2.67%	2.53%	3.03%	3.49%
Dividend Yield	1.73%	1.51%	1.52%	1.62%	1.75%	1.48%
Payout Ratio	53.47%	49.26%	44.06%	49.31%	48.12%	53.41%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	-0.03%	-0.20%	0.86%	1.95%	1.87%	0.52%
Total Shareholder Return	1.70%	1.32%	2.38%	3.57%	3.62%	2.00%

SEC Filings: 10-K · 10-Q

Data Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence Last updated: Jul 28, 2026

Financial data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence and updates within hours after each earnings release, which is every three months for this company.

Update frequency:

Quarterly

Last checked:

Aug 31, 2026

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