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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) Return on assets
Waste Management, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 6.66%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.61% (fiscal 2015) to 9.13% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Waste Management industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.99% | (1.11) |
| FY2024 | 7.10% | (0.08) |
| FY2023 | 7.18% | (0.22) |
| FY2022 | 7.40% | 1.19 |
| FY2021 | 6.21% | 0.97 |
| FY2020 | 5.24% | (1.39) |
| FY2019 | 6.63% | (2.03) |
| FY2018 | 8.66% | (0.47) |
| FY2017 | 9.13% | 3.40 |
| FY2016 | 5.73% | 2.12 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare | 6.68% |
| WM Waste Management, Inc. | 6.66% |
| RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare | 6.43% |
| WCN Waste Connections, Inc. compare | 5.36% |
| CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare | 0.17% |
| OIO ESGL Holdings Limited compare | 0.00% |
| ONT Onterris, Inc. compare | −1.08% |
| GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare | −1.66% |
| NVRI Enviri Corporation compare | −22.9% |
| Waste Management industry median | 0.00% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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