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EV / sales at other companies

Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
-0.6×
Waste Connections logo
Waste ConnectionsWCN
5.3×-1.2×
EMCOR Group logo
EMCOR GroupEME
1.8×+0.7×
Steel Dynamics logo
Steel DynamicsSTLD
1.6×+0.3×
Valero Energy logo
Valero EnergyVLO
0.6×+0.3×
Smurfit Kappa Group logo
Smurfit Kappa GroupSW
1.1×-0.4×

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
Debt / equity0.2×0.0×
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 EV / sales?
Waste Management (WM) reported EV / sales of 3.6× in Q4 2025.
How has Waste Management's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Waste Management's EV / sales decreased by 4.1% year-over-year, from 3.7× to 3.6×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.