How has Waste Management's collection and disposal — total assets changed year-over-year?

Waste Management's collection and disposal — total assets increased by 3.9% year-over-year, from $27.81B to $28.91B.

What does collection and disposal — total assets mean?

This metric represents the total capital investment in long-lived assets specifically allocated to the collection and disposal business segment. It captures the ongoing expenditure required to maintain, upgrade, and expand the physical infrastructure, such as landfills, transfer stations, and collection fleets, necessary to support core waste management operations.

Waste Management WM Collection And Disposal — Total Assets

Other segment segments

East Tier Region Areas

$15.91B+4.4%

West Tier Region Areas

$12.2B+3.6%

Healthcare Solutions

$8.87B-4.2%

Corporate And Other

$4B+3.8%

Recycling Processing And Sales

$2.77B+0.3%

Renewable Energy

$1.99B+18.7%

All Other Segments

$796M+0.8%

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RSGGroup 2 — Total Assets

$11.65B+3.1%

GSHDPayments for Disposal of Assets

$8K—

RSGGroup 3 — Total Assets

$5.24B+2.2%

RSGGroup 1 — Total Assets

$14.72B+5.1%

BGCorporate Segment and Other Operating Segment — Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets

$2M-33.3%

RSGRecycling & Solid Waste Subtotal — Total Assets

$26.36B+4.2%

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 debt$1.6B+5.8%

Total equity$10.0B+15.8%

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$95.88B+4.5%

P/E34.3×+0.6×

P/S3.8×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.7%+1.2pp

Operating margin17.3%-0.4pp

Net margin11%-0.7pp

FCF margin12.9%+4.9pp

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

Reported directly by Waste Management in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Assets.

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 collection and disposal — total assets?: Waste Management (WM) reported collection and disposal — total assets of $28.91B in Q1 2026.
How has Waste Management's collection and disposal — total assets changed year-over-year?: Waste Management's collection and disposal — total assets increased by 3.9% year-over-year, from $27.81B to $28.91B.
What does collection and disposal — total assets mean?: This metric represents the total capital investment in long-lived assets specifically allocated to the collection and disposal business segment. It captures the ongoing expenditure required to maintain, upgrade, and expand the physical infrastructure, such as landfills, transfer stations, and collection fleets, necessary to support core waste management operations.