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.

Waste Management WM Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

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	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin	40.7%+0.2pp	40.6%+0.4pp	40.1%+0.3pp	39.9%+0.3pp	39.6%+0.2pp
Operating margin	17.3%+0.3pp	17.1%+0.7pp	16.4%-1.1pp	17.5%-0.2pp	17.7%-0.7pp
Net margin	11%+0.3pp	10.7%+0.4pp	10.3%-1.0pp	11.4%-0.3pp	11.7%-0.8pp
Returns
Return on equity	29.9%+0.2pp	29.7%+0.4pp	29.3%-3.4pp	32.7%-1.3pp	34%-2.2pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	0.6×0.0×	0.6×-0.1×	0.6×0.0×	0.6×0.0×	0.6×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio	0.9×0.0×	0.9×0.0×	0.8×0.0×	0.9×0.0×	0.8×+0.1×
Valuation
Market capitalization	$92.68B+4.7%	$88.51B-0.5%	$88.96B-5.6%	$94.22B+1.2%	$93.09B+14.9%
Price / earnings	33.2×+0.5×	32.7×-2.0×	34.7×+0.1×	34.6×-0.2×	34.8×+5.3×
Price / sales	3.6×+0.1×	3.5×-0.1×	3.6×-0.3×	3.9×-0.1×	4.1×+0.4×
Price / book	9.2×+0.4×	8.9×-0.5×	9.3×-0.9×	10.2×-0.5×	10.8×+0.9×
Dividend yield	1.5%0.0pp	1.5%0.0pp	1.5%+0.1pp	1.3%0.0pp	1.3%-0.2pp

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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.