Waste Management, Inc.

WM Industrials Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $25.2 billion, up 14.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.95%, EPS grew 8.89%, free cash flow grew 34.8% and total debt fell 2.76%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

226.96 2.77 +1.24%
Market cap
$89.6B
P/E
32.0×
Fwd P/E
27.0×
Dividend yield
1.61%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.85
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
77/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
26.41 19.30 19.86 28.92 33.31 38.63 28.92 31.51 29.50 32.69
Piotroski F-Score
7 8 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 6
P/S ratio
2.30 2.61 2.56 3.13 3.28 3.91 3.29 3.56 3.67 3.51
Altman Z-Score
2.70 3.02 3.05 2.95 2.69 3.40 3.12 3.26 2.59 2.85
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.12 2.33 2.51 2.98 2.15 2.14 2.21 2.35 1.79 2.06
P/FCF ratio
18.80 22.61 20.35 23.53 28.17 28.83 33.26 39.87 37.53 31.42
Beneish M-Score
(2.90) (2.65) (2.85) (2.92) (2.55) (2.88) (2.76) (2.81) (2.45) (2.76)
P/Operating CF
41.65 47.70 41.87 47.35 66.25 70.80 61.79 52.62 53.62 52.11
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 77
P/B ratio
5.88 6.25 6.08 6.84 6.69 9.85 9.44 10.55 9.82 8.86
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 2,846.32 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales
2.98 3.26 3.23 3.77 4.15 4.65 4.03 4.33 4.74 4.41
EV/EBITDA
11.00 11.51 11.04 13.32 15.01 16.44 14.41 15.32 16.17 15.20
EV/Operating CF
13.50 14.86 13.49 15.06 18.55 19.24 17.52 18.75 19.39 18.40
EV/FCF
24.37 28.28 25.67 28.37 35.65 34.29 40.77 48.52 48.40 39.48
Quick Ratio
0.77 0.73 0.75 1.87 0.89 0.65 0.71 0.79 0.66 0.77
Current Ratio
0.85 0.83 0.85 1.97 1.00 0.75 0.81 0.90 0.76 0.89
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.52 2.31 2.29 2.27 3.15 2.62 2.65 2.73 3.63 3.10
Debt/Assets
44.63% 43.48% 44.26% 48.65% 47.06% 46.07% 47.77% 49.44% 53.63% 49.98%
Debt/Equity
1.75 1.57 1.60 1.91 1.85 1.88 2.18 2.35 2.90 2.29
Asset Turnover
0.66 0.68 0.67 0.61 0.53 0.61 0.65 0.64 0.57 0.56
Operating CF/Net income
2.54 1.63 1.85 2.32 2.27 2.39 2.03 2.05 1.96 2.23
Capex/Depreciation
(0.96) (1.03) (1.08) (1.09) (0.92) (0.90) (1.20) (1.32) (1.35) (1.07)
Interest Coverage
6.11 7.26 7.46 6.58 5.73 8.12 8.90 7.15 6.79 4.72
ROE
22.12% 34.31% 31.26% 25.03% 20.60% 24.91% 31.99% 33.49% 36.25% 29.68%
ROA
5.73% 9.13% 8.66% 6.63% 5.24% 6.21% 7.40% 7.18% 7.10% 5.99%
ROIC
9.83% 10.62% 10.73% 9.94% 7.35% 9.08% 9.78% 9.86% 8.00% 8.23%
Return on Tangible Assets
11.22% 17.73% 16.77% 10.46% 10.58% 13.55% 15.04% 13.92% 15.38% 13.70%
Average Days of Receivables
57.18 59.82 55.68 54.77 62.94 51.83 50.99 51.29 61.00 58.72
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
10.36% 10.13% 9.74% 10.55% 11.35% 10.40% 9.84% 9.43% 10.26% 10.80%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.33 0.31 0.31 0.25 0.34 0.34 0.32 0.31 0.40 0.39
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.66% 0.70% 0.60% 0.56% 0.62% 0.60% 0.43% 0.46% 0.53% 0.67%
Graham Net Nets
(0.42) (0.35) (0.36) (0.30) (0.37) (0.27) (0.32) (0.30) (0.39) (0.35)
Graham Number
26.84 37.17 38.40 38.42 37.46 40.59 45.07 46.74 56.25 61.25
Earnings Yield
3.79% 5.18% 5.03% 3.46% 3.00% 2.59% 3.46% 3.17% 3.39% 3.06%
Free Cash Flow Yield
5.32% 4.42% 4.91% 4.25% 3.55% 3.47% 3.01% 2.51% 2.66% 3.18%
Revenue per Share
30.69 33.01 34.76 36.40 35.98 42.65 47.72 50.45 54.95 62.59
Operating CF per Share
6.77 7.25 8.32 9.12 8.04 10.32 10.99 11.65 13.42 15.01
Capex per Share
(3.02) (3.44) (3.95) (4.28) (3.86) (4.53) (6.27) (7.15) (8.05) (8.01)
Free Cash Flow per Share
3.75 3.81 4.37 4.84 4.19 5.79 4.72 4.50 5.38 6.99
Cash per Share
0.07 0.05 0.14 8.39 1.31 0.28 0.85 1.13 1.03 0.50
Shareholders Equity per Share
12.00 13.77 14.63 16.65 17.62 16.95 16.63 17.03 20.56 24.81
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
12.00 13.77 14.63 16.65 17.62 16.95 16.63 17.03 20.56 24.81
Free Cash Flow
1,664.00 1,671.00 1,876.00 2,056.00 1,771.00 2,434.00 1,949.00 1,824.00 2,159.00 2,816.00
Working Capital
(418.00) (568.00) (463.00) 3,065.00 (13.00) (1,013.00) (843.00) (422.00) (1,484.00) (614.00)
Capital Expenditures
(1,339.00) (1,509.00) (1,694.00) (1,818.00) (1,632.00) (1,904.00) (2,587.00) (2,895.00) (3,231.00) (3,227.00)
Net Current Asset Value
(13,163.00) (13,093.00) (13,729.00) (14,464.00) (18,351.00) (18,902.00) (20,952.00) (22,123.00) (31,539.00) (30,934.00)
EV/EBIT
17.66 17.92 17.26 21.55 25.94 28.15 23.61 24.75 25.72 25.81
Capex to Sales
0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.13
Price to Operating Income
13.62 14.33 13.69 17.88 20.49 23.66 19.26 20.34 19.94 20.54
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.15
Cash ROIC
11.35% 10.74% 11.46% 8.52% 8.12% 11.79% 8.78% 7.73% 6.63% 8.51%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
6.44 6.43 6.42 6.73 6.16 6.94 7.44 7.27 6.73 6.51
Accounts Payable Turnover
11.17 9.81 8.91 9.04 8.55 8.90 7.83 7.26 7.13 7.67
Inventory Turnover
93.25 97.00 93.42 91.31 81.23 85.80 82.23 74.81 70.62 69.66
Average Days of Payables
34.37 42.08 40.92 40.94 43.80 45.17 52.43 49.48 55.80 45.39
Days of Inventory on Hand
3.87 3.88 4.03 4.07 4.85 4.43 4.87 5.01 5.62 5.47
Average Receivables
2,113.00 2,253.00 2,324.50 2,297.00 2,471.50 2,585.00 2,649.00 2,811.00 3,278.50 3,871.00
Average Payables
760.00 919.50 1,038.50 1,051.00 1,093.00 1,248.00 1,570.50 1,737.50 1,877.50 1,956.50
Average Inventory
91.00 93.00 99.00 104.00 115.00 129.50 149.50 168.50 189.50 215.50
Average Assets
20,613.00 21,344.00 22,239.50 25,196.50 28,544.00 29,221.00 30,232.00 32,095.00 38,695.00 45,201.00
Average Common Equity
5,343.50 5,681.00 6,159.00 6,673.00 7,262.00 7,290.00 6,995.00 6,880.00 7,575.00 9,122.50

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