Waste Management WM Earnings yield
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Waste Management’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
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 earnings yield?
- Waste Management (WM) reported earnings yield of 3% in Q1 2026.
- How has Waste Management's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
- Waste Management's earnings yield increased by 4.9% year-over-year, from 2.9% to 3%.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's earnings yield?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's earnings yield has grown at a 1.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11% to 11.7%.
- What does earnings yield mean?
- The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
- How do you interpret earnings yield?
- Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
- How does earnings yield compare across companies?
- Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.