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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
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Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Net margin
Waste Management, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.8%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.81% (fiscal 2015) to 13.5% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Waste Management industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.52%.
Net margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 10.7% | (1.71) |
| FY2024 | 12.5% | 1.17 |
| FY2023 | 11.3% | (0.08) |
| FY2022 | 11.4% | 1.23 |
| FY2021 | 10.1% | 0.30 |
| FY2020 | 9.83% | (0.98) |
| FY2019 | 10.8% | (2.10) |
| FY2018 | 12.9% | (0.55) |
| FY2017 | 13.5% | 4.77 |
| FY2016 | 8.69% | 2.88 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Net margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 12.0% | 0.24 |
| Jun 2026 | 11.7% | 0.13 |
| Mar 2026 | 11.6% | (0.14) |
| Dec 2025 | 11.8% | 2.39 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Net margin against peers
| Company | Net margin |
|---|---|
| RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare | 12.9% |
| WM Waste Management, Inc. | 11.8% |
| WCN Waste Connections, Inc. compare | 11.4% |
| CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare | 8.05% |
| CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare | 0.29% |
| OIO ESGL Holdings Limited compare | 0.00% |
| ONT Onterris, Inc. compare | −1.40% |
| GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare | −5.39% |
| NVRI Enviri Corporation compare | −24.3% |
| Waste Management industry median | 0.00% |
| Industrials sector median | 2.52% |
| Market median | 1.06% |
What Net margin is
Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.
Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue
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