Waste Management
WM NYSE· Environmental & Facilities Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$241.02
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Waste Management had $25.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 14.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +10.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 17.1%, down 1.3 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 17 is left after running the business.
- Waste Management made $2.7B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 10.9% a year.
- Free cash flow was $2.8B in fiscal 2025, 11.2% of revenue.
- Waste Management returned $1.3B to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 47% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.2%.
- Waste Management owes $22.0B more than it holds in cash, about 3.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$97.0B
P/E
34.1x
Revenue
$25.2B
Net income
$2.7B
Free cash flow
$2.8B
Operating margin
17.1%
Waste Management in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+14.2%
Yes. Sales grew 14.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
10.7%
Yes. It keeps 10.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
11.2%
Yes. 11.2% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
3.1x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 3.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
34.1x
One share costs 34.1 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 26.0x.
What Waste Management does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 9, 2026
- Legal name
- WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
- CIK
- 0000823768
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $17.9B | $19.7B | $20.4B | $22.1B | $25.2B |
| Revenue growth | 17.8% | 9.9% | 3.7% | 8.0% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 38.0% | 37.6% | 38.3% | 39.3% | 40.4% |
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 17.1% | 17.5% | 18.4% | 17.1% |
| Net income | $1.8B | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.7B | $2.7B |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 11.4% | 11.3% | 12.5% | 10.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $4.29 | $5.39 | $5.66 | $6.81 | $6.70 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $4.3B | $4.5B | $4.7B | $5.4B | $6.0B |
| Capital expenditure | $2.0B | $2.8B | $2.9B | $3.2B | $3.2B |
| Free cash flow | $2.3B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $2.2B | $2.8B |
| FCF margin | 12.8% | 8.8% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 11.2% |
| Dividends paid | $970M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.3B |
| Share buybacks | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $262M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | −0.5% | −1.9% | −2.0% | −0.9% | 0.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $118M | $351M | $458M | $414M | $201M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $12.7B | $14.6B | $15.9B | $22.5B | $22.2B |
| Shareholders' equity | $7.1B | $6.8B | $6.9B | $8.3B | $10.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.5x | 2.6x | 2.7x | 3.5x | 3.1x |
| Current ratio | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.9x |
| Interest coverage | 7.7x | 9.7x | 8.0x | 7.7x | 4.7x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 11.5% | 12.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 24.9% | 32.0% | 33.5% | 36.2% | 29.7% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.4M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$24.2M
12 insiders
Of sales under plans
86%
$20.9M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Management WM | $97.0B | 14.2% | 17.1% | 11.2% | 10.9% | 34.1x | 6 |
| Republic Services RSG | $74.2B | 3.3% | 17.4% | 12.7% | 10.8% | 34.2x | 8 |
| ABM Industries ABM | $3.2B | 4.6% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 7.3% | 19.5x | 7 |
| Clean Harbors CLH | $16.8B | 2.4% | 11.2% | 7.3% | 10.4% | 42.9x | 7 |
| Veralto VLTO | $25.8B | 6.0% | 23.2% | 18.4% | 28.1% | 26.6x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $241.02 a share, the company is worth $97.0B: 34.1 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Waste Management grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000823768). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.