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Waste Management WM Debt-to-equity

Debt-to-equity at other companies

Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
0.0×
Waste Connections logo
Waste ConnectionsWCN
1.1×0.0×
EMCOR Group logo
EMCOR GroupEME
0.1×0.0×
Steel Dynamics logo
Steel DynamicsSTLD
0.5×0.0×
Medline, Inc.
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Medline, Inc. MDLN
1.1×
Valero Energy logo
Valero EnergyVLO
0.5×0.0×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.2B+3.5%
Gross profit$2.5B+5.3%
Operating income$1.1B+9.9%
Net income$723.0M+13.5%
EPS (diluted)$1.79+13.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$158.0M-26.9%
Total equity$10.0B+15.9%
Total assets$45.7B+2.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.5B+24.3%
CapEx$650.0M-21.8%
Free cash flow$851.0M+126%

Valuation

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Market cap$86.68B-0.4%
P/E31×-1.5×
P/S3.4×-0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.7%+1.2pp
Operating margin17.3%-0.4pp
Net margin11%-0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity29.9%-4.1pp
Current ratio0.9×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Waste Management’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Waste Management’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Waste Management's debt-to-equity?
Waste Management (WM) reported debt-to-equity of 0.2× in Q4 2025.
How has Waste Management's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
Waste Management's debt-to-equity decreased by 12.6% year-over-year, from 0.2× to 0.2×.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.