Waste Management WM Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 161.3%+3.9pp | 160.1%+3.5pp | 158.9%+3.3pp | 158.1%+4.2pp | 157.4%+5.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 68.4%-4.3pp | 68.8%-4.5pp | 70.1%-2.2pp | 72%+0.4pp | 72.8%+2.1pp | |
| Net margin | 43.4%-5.1pp | 44.1%-4.8pp | 45.8%-1.9pp | 47.8%+1.0pp | 48.6%+2.4pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 121.6%-19.5pp | 125.7%-17.1pp | 132.2%-7.8pp | 138.3%+0.5pp | 141%+6.3pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 2.3×-0.1× | 2.4×-0.1× | 2.4×-0.2× | 2.4×-0.2× | 2.4×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 3.5×0.0× | 3.4×-0.2× | 3.3×-0.5× | 3.3×-0.4× | 3.6×+0.1× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $364.37B+6.2% | $364.78B+8.7% | $357.26B+9.4% | $351.61B+15.3% | $343.09B+18.6% | |
| Price / earnings | 135.2×+5.7× | 136.8×+7.5× | 133.6×+2.6× | 130.5×+4.3× | 129.5×+6.4× | |
| Price / sales | 14.7×-1.0× | 15.1×-0.7× | 15.3×-0.4× | 15.6×+0.8× | 15.7×+1.5× | |
| Price / book | 37.7×-4.8× | 39.2×-4.6× | 40.2×-4.3× | 41.3×-1.6× | 42.5×+1.0× | |
| Dividend yield | 5.8%+0.2pp | 5.7%0.0pp | 5.6%-0.1pp | 5.6%-0.5pp | 5.6%-0.7pp |
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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.
