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

240.83 2.34 +0.98%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Waste Management, Inc. (WM) trades at a price to free cash flow of 25.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.2× (June 2015) to 53.0× (June 2025); the current reading is higher than 53% of that period. That is below the Waste Management industry median of 28.9× and above the Industrials sector median of 19.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 31.4× (16.27%)
FY2024 37.5× (5.88%)
FY2023 39.9× 19.88%
FY2022 33.3× 15.38%
FY2021 28.8× 2.34%
FY2020 28.2× 19.68%
FY2019 23.5× 15.62%
FY2018 20.4× (9.97%)
FY2017 22.6× 20.29%
FY2016 18.8× 0.74%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 21.7× (13.16%)
Jun 2026 25.0× (11.07%)
Mar 2026 28.2× (10.37%)
Dec 2025 31.4× (15.20%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.2× High 53.0×
Ten-year median 25.2×
Current reading's percentile 53

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
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NVRI Enviri Corporation compare n/m
ONT Onterris, Inc. compare 10.3×
WM Waste Management, Inc. 25.7×
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare 28.9×
RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare 29.5×
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. compare 40.5×
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare 60.0×
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare 79.9×
Waste Management industry median 28.9×
Industrials sector median 19.6×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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