Waste Management industry stocks

The Waste Management industry has 20 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $244.4B. Waste Management, Inc. (WM) is the largest at $89.6B, followed by Republic Services, Inc. and Waste Connections, Inc.. The median Waste Management stock trades at 35.7× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 0.00% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 5.74%. 4 of the 20 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 0.97%.

Waste Management medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 35.7× 18.1×
P/S 3.0× 1.9×
P/B 1.5× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 26.1× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 15.8× 11.0×
EV/Sales 4.0× 2.1×
Earnings yield 0.05% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 1.22% 0.27%
Gross margin 31.6% 46.2%
Operating margin 0.50% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 1.35%
Return on assets 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.74% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 5.82% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.8% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.9× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.3× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 2.0× 0.6×
Market cap $113.7M $584.7M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
WM Waste Management, Inc. 89.61b 226.96 1.24% 32.01 11.12% 7.17% 1.61%
RSG Republic Services, Inc. 70.32b 231.23 0.69% 32.75 12.94% 3.20% 1.10%
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. 41.72b 167.30 1.08% 40.31 10.86% 5.74% 0.84%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. 18.99b 43.85 0.69% 0.00 (1.75%) (2.93%) 0.15%
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. 16.88b 320.06 0.09% 38.65 7.03% 5.07% —
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. 5.50b 88.00 1.73% 977.78 0.29% 13.59% —
ONT Onterris, Inc. 494.10m 13.94 (0.92%) 0.00 (1.44%) (0.87%) —
PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. 281.99m 12.31 (7.37%) 0.00 (37.04%) (4.73%) —
ABAT American Battery Technology Company 225.50m 1.48 (5.73%) 0.00 (337.50%) 406.78% —
ENGS Energys Group Limited 161.18m 3.75 3.59% — — — —
YDDL One and One Green Technologies. Inc 66.12m 1.23 4.24% — — — —
LNZA LanzaTech Global, Inc. 58.25m 4.62 3.82% 0.31 295.66% 43.84% —
AMBIQ Ambipar Emergency Response 29.91m 0.07 0.00% 0.00 0.00% — —
LICYQ Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. 29.88m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (491.79%) 53.01% —
QRHC Quest Resource Holding Corporation. 25.10m 1.14 (4.20%) 0.00 (7.07%) (8.37%) —
AWX Avalon Holdings Corporation 9.75m 2.50 0.00% 8.06 1.39% 9.69% —
GWAV Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. 7.31m 2.50 2.04% 0.00 (27.65%) 71.88% —
AQMS Aqua Metals, Inc. 6.02m 1.70 0.59% 65.89 0.00% (93.45%) —
CDTG CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited 3.29m 1.03 (5.50%) — — — —
DXST Decent Holding Inc. 3.05m 1.33 (20.83%) — — — —

Updated 17 October 2026