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.

Revenue
+6.25%
EPS
+37.1%
Free cash flow
+20.5%
Total debt
+0.03%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

236.14 5.13 −2.13%
Market cap
$95.9B
P/E
31.5×
Fwd P/E
29.5×
Dividend yield
1.52%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.85
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
77/100

Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Current ratio

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Waste Management, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.8×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.8× (fiscal 2021) to 2.0× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Waste Management industry median of 1.3× and below the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 0.9× 16.50%
FY2024 0.8× (15.24%)
FY2023 0.9× 11.38%
FY2022 0.8× 7.49%
FY2021 0.8× (24.54%)
FY2020 1.0× (49.55%)
FY2019 2.0× 132.07%
FY2018 0.9× 3.04%
FY2017 0.8× (2.88%)
FY2016 0.9× (8.98%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 0.8× (9.40%)
Jun 2026 0.9× (2.88%)
Mar 2026 0.9× 5.12%
Dec 2025 0.9× 5.37%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.8× High 2.0×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 64

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare 1.9×
ONT Onterris, Inc. compare 1.9×
NVRI Enviri Corporation compare 1.4×
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare 1.0×
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare 0.9×
WM Waste Management, Inc. 0.8×
RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare 0.7×
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. compare 0.7×
OIO ESGL Holdings Limited compare 0.2×
Waste Management industry median 1.3×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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