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Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides environmental solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and internationally. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, recovery facility, or disposal site; owns and operates transfer stations; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities that produce renewable electricity and renewable natural gas. It also operates materials processing and commodities recycling services, including cardboard, paper, glass, metals, plastics, construction and demolition materials, and other recycling commodities are recovered for resale or redirected for other purposes; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company collects recyclable food and yard waste, as well as markets and sells mulch, compost, soil amendments, and renewable energy; offers remediation and construction, and industrial waste services; and manages and markets fly ash. Further, it provides Regulated Waste and Compliance Services (RWCS), which offers compliance programs, as well as collection, processing, and disposal of regulated and specialized waste, including medical, pharmaceutical, and hazardous waste; and Secure Information Destruction (SID) services that includes the collection of personal and confidential information for secure destruction and recycling of sorted office paper. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Houston, Texas. more
| Time Frame | WM | Sector | S&P500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Week Return | 2.95% | 2.82% | 0.64% |
| 1-Month Return | 6.02% | 6.45% | -0.17% |
| 3-Month Return | 15.59% | 12.65% | 1.88% |
| 6-Month Return | -2.27% | 15.54% | 9.19% |
| 1-Year Return | 2.49% | 25.36% | 14.76% |
| 3-Year Return | 50.4% | 70.06% | 70.19% |
| 5-Year Return | 103.82% | 93.34% | 77.96% |
| 10-Year Return | 332.96% | 249.64% | 275.69% |
| Dec '21 | Dec '22 | Dec '23 | Dec '24 | Dec '25 | 5YR TREND | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | 17.93B | 19.70B | 20.43B | 22.06B | 25.20B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":71.14,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":78.15,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":81.04,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":87.54,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Cost of Revenue | 13.11B | 14.33B | 14.68B | 15.65B | 17.88B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":73.34,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":80.18,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":82.11,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":87.55,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Gross Profit | 4.82B | 5.37B | 5.75B | 6.41B | 7.33B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":65.78,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":73.22,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":78.44,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":87.5,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Gross Margin | 26.89% | 27.24% | 28.15% | 29.07% | 29.08% | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":92.46,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":93.68,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":96.79,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":99.96,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Operating Expenses | 1.81B | 1.93B | 1.93B | 2.26B | 2.72B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":66.61,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":70.83,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":70.76,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":83.17,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Operating Income | 3.01B | 3.44B | 3.82B | 4.15B | 4.61B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":65.29,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":74.63,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":82.98,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":90.06,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
| Total Non-Operating Income/Expense | (1.02B) | (898.00M) | (1.28B) | (1.29B) | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":-102400000000,"profit":false},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":-89800000000,"profit":false},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":-128300000000,"profit":false},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":-128900000000,"profit":false},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Pre-Tax Income | 2.35B | 2.92B | 3.02B | 3.46B | 3.43B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":67.93,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":84.38,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":87.36,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":99.07,"profit":true}] |
| Income Taxes | 532.00M | 678.00M | 745.00M | 713.00M | 717.00M | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":71.41,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":91.01,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":95.7,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":96.24,"profit":true}] |
| Income After Taxes | 1.82B | 2.24B | 2.28B | 2.75B | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":66.19,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":81.6,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":82.91,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Income From Continuous Operations | 1.82B | 2.24B | 2.31B | 2.75B | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":66.19,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":81.6,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":84.04,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Income From Discontinued Operations | - | - | - | - | - | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":"-","profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":"-","profit":true}] |
| Net Income | 1.82B | 2.24B | 2.30B | 2.75B | 2.71B | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":66.13,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":81.5,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":83.9,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":100,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":98.62,"profit":true}] |
| EPS (Diluted) | 4.85 | 5.59 | 6.19 | 7.23 | 7.50 | [{"date":"2021-12-31","value":64.67,"profit":true},{"date":"2022-12-31","value":74.53,"profit":true},{"date":"2023-12-31","value":82.53,"profit":true},{"date":"2024-12-31","value":96.4,"profit":true},{"date":"2025-12-31","value":100,"profit":true}] |
These ratios help you determine the liquidity of the company. Higher is better.
| WM | |
|---|---|
| Cash Ratio | 0.04 |
| Current Ratio | 0.89 |
These ratios help you understand the company's efficiency in using its assets to generate returns. Higher is better. For ROE, average long term is around 14%, less than 10% is poor.
| WM | |
|---|---|
| ROA (LTM) | 6.52% |
| ROE (LTM) | 29.70% |
These ratios help you understand the company's liabilities, gauging the riskiness of the investment.
| WM | |
|---|---|
| Debt Ratio Lower is generally better. Negative is bad. | 0.78 |
| Common Equity/Total Assets Higher is better. Lower can suggest investment is riskier. | 0.22 |
These ratios help you understand the company's valuation. Lower may indicate cheaper stocks.
| WM | |
|---|---|
| Trailing PE | 33.90 |
| Forward PE | 27.62 |
| P/S (TTM) | 3.63 |
| P/B | 9.15 |
| Price/FCF | 113 |
| EV/R | 4.53 |
| EV/Ebitda | 15.84 |
| PEG | 2.62 |
Waste Management Inc (WM) share price today is $231.72
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The 52-week high price of Waste Management Inc (WM) is $239.91. The 52-week low price of Waste Management Inc (WM) is $193.36.
The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of Waste Management Inc (WM) is 33.8999
The price-to-book (P/B) ratio of Waste Management Inc (WM) is 9.15
The dividend yield of Waste Management Inc (WM) is 1.46%
The market capitalization of Waste Management Inc (WM) is $92.86B
The stock symbol (or ticker) of Waste Management Inc is WM
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