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 $229.4B. Waste Management, Inc. (WM) is the largest at $83.3B, followed by Republic Services, Inc. and Waste Connections, Inc.. The median Waste Management stock trades at 33.8× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 0.00% (market: 0.55%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 5.74%. 5 of the 20 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.17%.

Waste Management medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 33.8× 17.9×
P/S 2.9× 2.0×
P/B 2.5× 1.8×
Price to free cash flow 24.5× 14.0×
EV/EBITDA 15.2× 11.0×
EV/Sales 4.1× 2.2×
Earnings yield 0.06% 1.18%
Free cash flow yield 0.00% 0.48%
Gross margin 31.6% 46.3%
Operating margin 0.50% 0.00%
Net margin 0.00% 0.55%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 1.76%
Return on assets 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.74% 7.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.8% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.9× 0.2×
Current ratio 1.3× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 2.0× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.17% 2.75%
Payout ratio 0.0× 0.0×
Market cap $103.9M $612.7M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
CDTG CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited 3.75m 1.23 2.48% — — — —
DXST Decent Holding Inc. 3.87m 2.11 (8.26%) — — — —
GWAV Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. 7.19m 2.39 (0.83%) 0.00 (27.65%) 71.88% —
AQMS Aqua Metals, Inc. 8.73m 2.62 5.22% 101.55 0.00% (93.45%) —
AWX Avalon Holdings Corporation 9.94m 2.59 (0.38%) 8.35 1.39% 9.69% —
QRHC Quest Resource Holding Corporation. 28.90m 1.37 (0.73%) 0.00 (7.07%) (8.37%) —
LICYQ Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. 29.88m 0.00 (100.00%) 0.00 (491.79%) 53.01% —
AMBIQ Ambipar Emergency Response 29.91m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 0.00% — —
LNZA LanzaTech Global, Inc. 78.15m 6.03 1.01% 0.40 295.66% 43.84% —
YDDL One and One Green Technologies. Inc 78.29m 1.46 2.82% — — — —
ENGS Energys Group Limited 129.57m 2.94 1.03% — — — —
ABAT American Battery Technology Company 325.08m 2.26 0.44% 0.00 (337.50%) 406.78% —
PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. 330.37m 15.65 0.51% 0.00 (37.04%) (4.73%) —
ONT Onterris, Inc. 597.33m 14.00 (16.77%) 0.00 (1.44%) (0.87%) 1.66%
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. 5.33b 82.24 (1.90%) 913.78 0.29% 13.59% —
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. 16.68b 313.04 (0.96%) 37.81 7.03% 5.07% —
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. 18.22b 42.27 1.15% 0.00 (1.75%) (2.93%) 0.13%
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. 39.30b 155.56 (0.24%) 37.48 10.86% 5.74% 0.67%
RSG Republic Services, Inc. 64.92b 212.10 (0.64%) 30.10 12.94% 3.20% 1.17%
WM Waste Management, Inc. 83.33b 206.83 (0.54%) 29.17 11.12% 7.17% 1.48%

Updated 26 September 2026