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

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