Waste Management WM Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 40.7%+1.2pp | 40.6%+1.2pp | 40.1%+0.8pp | 39.9%+0.7pp | 39.6%+0.7pp | |
| Operating margin | 17.3%-0.4pp | 17.1%-1.3pp | 16.4%-1.9pp | 17.5%-0.7pp | 17.7%-0.5pp | |
| Net margin | 11%-0.7pp | 10.7%-1.7pp | 10.3%-2.0pp | 11.4%-0.8pp | 11.7%-0.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 29.9%-4.1pp | 29.7%-6.5pp | 29.3%-6.1pp | 32.7%-2.7pp | 34%-1.7pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.9×-0.2× | 0.8×-0.1× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $92.68B-0.4% | $88.51B+9.3% | $88.96B+6.8% | $94.22B+9.9% | $93.09B+8.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 33.2×-1.6× | 32.7×+3.2× | 34.7×+3.1× | 34.6×+0.9× | 34.8×+0.3× | |
| Price / sales | 3.6×-0.4× | 3.5×-0.2× | 3.6×-0.3× | 3.9×-0.2× | 4.1×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 9.2×-1.5× | 8.9×-1.0× | 9.3×-1.1× | 10.2×-1.3× | 10.8×-1.3× | |
| Dividend yield | 1.5%+0.2pp | 1.5%0.0pp | 1.5%0.0pp | 1.3%0.0pp | 1.3%0.0pp |
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- What are Waste Management's profit margins?
- Waste Management (WM) runs a 40.7% gross margin and a 17.3% operating margin, with a 11.0% net margin.
- Where do Waste Management's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Waste Management's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
