WM
Waste Management Inc
207.90$
+0.6%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 6, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.4 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 19.8 | 23.6 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 29.2 | 23.4 | 27.9 | 31.9 | 33.5 | 35.2 | 37.1 | 36.1 | 38.7 | 34.7 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 28.8 | 29.6 | 30.9 | 26.8 | 31.4 | 34.7 | 33.8 | 31.7 | 29.7 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 34.8 | 32.8 | 33.3 | 31.5 | |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.1 | |
| 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | |
| 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 15.0 | |
| 20.3 | 19.4 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 23.2 | 20.3 | 23.5 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 23.7 | 20.3 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 28.3 | 23.6 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 28.8 | 27.3 | 28.0 | 33.5 | 33.1 | 44.7 | 46.9 | 37.0 | 39.7 | 40.2 | 40.6 | 39.8 | 37.7 | 50.9 | 42.8 | 37.2 | 31.6 | 28.2 | 25.2 | |
| 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4.0% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35.0% | 32.9% | 30.5% | 28.1% | 28.3% | 25.6% | 25.7% | 25.7% | 25.5% | 28.1% | 28.1% | 28.0% | 28.1% | 28.4% | 28.1% | 28.0% | 28.1% | 27.6% | 27.8% | 27.9% | 27.4% | 26.9% | 26.9% | 26.8% | 27.2% | 27.2% | 27.1% | 27.1% | 27.3% | 28.1% | 28.8% | 29.1% | 29.3% | 29.1% | 28.9% | 29.0% | 28.9% | 29.1% | 32.1% | 35.0% | |
| 17.1% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 15.5% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 18.3% | 18.2% | 18.1% | 18.0% | 17.8% | 17.5% | 17.2% | 17.0% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 16.8% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 16.6% | 16.7% | 17.2% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 17.6% | 17.9% | 18.7% | 19.4% | 19.7% | 19.8% | 18.8% | 18.2% | 17.9% | 17.6% | 18.3% | 18.5% | 18.5% | |
| 8.4% | 8.7% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 9.7% | 13.5% | 14.1% | 14.9% | 15.6% | 12.9% | 12.4% | 11.5% | 11.4% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 9.7% | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 11.3% | 11.5% | 11.4% | 11.3% | 11.4% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 12.0% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 12.4% | 11.7% | 11.4% | 10.3% | 10.7% | 11.0% | 11.1% | |
| 10.5% | 11.9% | 11.7% | 12.0% | 12.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% | 11.7% | 11.4% | 12.6% | 12.5% | 11.6% | 11.5% | 13.3% | 12.5% | 12.8% | 14.3% | 11.6% | 14.8% | 15.4% | 14.9% | 13.6% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 10.2% | 9.9% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 10.3% | 10.1% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 9.7% | 11.2% | 12.9% | 13.9% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20.9% | 22.3% | 22.1% | 23.6% | 26.2% | 32.4% | 33.9% | 36.1% | 36.8% | 30.7% | 29.2% | 27.2% | 25.9% | 23.6% | 25.0% | 23.4% | 21.0% | 20.1% | 21.0% | 21.8% | 24.4% | 25.5% | 26.7% | 29.8% | 32.0% | 32.7% | 33.2% | 33.1% | 33.2% | 33.4% | 35.0% | 34.1% | 33.1% | 33.3% | 30.9% | 29.6% | 26.9% | 27.1% | 27.9% | 28.7% | |
| 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 9.9% | 10.2% | 8.5% | 8.0% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7.0% | 7.6% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.1% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9,231 | 9,278 | 9,012 | 9,025 | 9,310 | 9,469 | 9,905 | 9,749 | 9,933 | 9,965 | 10,124 | 10,489 | 10,443 | 9,937 | 10,327 | 10,125 | 9,719 | 13,257 | 13,012 | 13,096 | 12,931 | 13,287 | 13,332 | 13,383 | 13,926 | 14,633 | 15,113 | 15,224 | 15,280 | 15,771 | 15,776 | 16,571 | 16,039 | 23,486 | 23,621 | 23,580 | 23,187 | 22,706 | 22,733 | 22,799 | |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | |
| 25.8% | 25.4% | 26.7% | 26.3% | 25.2% | 27.6% | 27.3% | 27.5% | 27.6% | 27.7% | 27.4% | 24.9% | 25.0% | 25.5% | 24.8% | 25.9% | 28.9% | 25.4% | 25.5% | 25.3% | 24.9% | 24.5% | 24.4% | 23.9% | 23.5% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 21.9% | 21.8% | 21.0% | 21.7% | 21.9% | 23.0% | 18.5% | 19.4% | 20.1% | 20.9% | 21.8% | 21.9% | 21.4% | |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.51 | 2.66 | 2.75 | 2.92 | 3.13 | 4.45 | 4.70 | 5.05 | 5.33 | 4.49 | 4.39 | 4.11 | 4.10 | 3.91 | 3.95 | 3.80 | 3.54 | 3.52 | 3.67 | 3.78 | 4.14 | 4.32 | 4.57 | 5.15 | 5.42 | 5.44 | 5.52 | 5.61 | 5.69 | 5.70 | 6.14 | 6.31 | 6.55 | 6.80 | 6.62 | 6.73 | 6.34 | 6.69 | 6.91 | 7.07 | |
| 30.05 | 30.64 | 31.24 | 31.78 | 32.43 | 33.09 | 33.40 | 33.81 | 34.18 | 34.81 | 35.37 | 35.80 | 36.15 | 36.16 | 36.32 | 35.63 | 35.32 | 35.80 | 36.77 | 38.99 | 41.04 | 42.63 | 44.23 | 45.70 | 46.92 | 47.87 | 48.73 | 49.11 | 49.63 | 50.53 | 51.28 | 52.02 | 53.04 | 54.67 | 56.75 | 59.24 | 61.30 | 62.31 | 62.84 | 63.64 | |
| 12.02 | 11.92 | 12.42 | 12.34 | 11.97 | 13.75 | 13.87 | 14.00 | 14.48 | 14.64 | 15.03 | 15.13 | 15.88 | 16.54 | 15.81 | 16.26 | 16.85 | 17.53 | 17.50 | 17.36 | 17.00 | 16.94 | 17.10 | 17.27 | 16.92 | 16.64 | 16.61 | 16.95 | 17.12 | 17.08 | 17.55 | 18.49 | 19.79 | 20.45 | 21.42 | 22.76 | 23.54 | 24.70 | 24.78 | 24.61 | |
| 3.15 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.82 | 4.05 | 3.82 | 3.88 | 3.97 | 3.90 | 4.38 | 4.42 | 4.16 | 4.16 | 4.81 | 4.56 | 4.56 | 5.06 | 4.17 | 5.46 | 6.00 | 6.10 | 5.79 | 5.80 | 5.46 | 4.78 | 4.74 | 3.65 | 3.69 | 4.12 | 4.51 | 5.30 | 5.25 | 5.22 | 5.35 | 4.55 | 5.35 | 5.94 | 6.96 | 8.14 | 8.86 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 6, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.