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Waste Management WM Price / earnings

Price / earnings at other companies

Republic Services logo
Republic ServicesRSG
31.2×-5.1×
Waste Connections logo
Waste ConnectionsWCN
39.4×
EMCOR Group logo
EMCOR GroupEME
24.6×+8.6×
Steel Dynamics logo
Steel DynamicsSTLD
19×+3.0×
Valero Energy logo
Valero EnergyVLO
17.6×-27.1×
Smurfit Kappa Group logo
Smurfit Kappa GroupSW
55×+9.0×

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/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 price / earnings?
Waste Management (WM) reported price / earnings of 33.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Waste Management's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Waste Management's price / earnings decreased by 4.7% year-over-year, from 34.8× to 33.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's price / earnings has grown at a -1.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 145.6× to 136.8×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.