What is Waste Management's east tier region areas — goodwill?

Waste Management (WM) reported east tier region areas — goodwill of $5.89B in Q4 2025.

What does east tier region areas — goodwill mean?

Represents the intangible asset value recorded when the East Tier Region segment acquires another business for a price higher than the fair market value of its net identifiable assets. This reflects the premium paid for synergies, brand reputation, and customer relationships specific to this geographic operating segment.

Waste Management WM East Tier Region Areas — Goodwill

Other segment segments

West Tier Region Areas

$3.79B—

Healthcare Solutions

$3.78B+3.9%

Recycling Processing And Sales

$412M+11.4%

All Other Segments

$11M—

Corporate And Other

$1M0.0%

Similar metrics at other companies

WCNEastern — Goodwill

$1.8B+1.0%

NRGEast Segment — Goodwill

$3B+316%

KNFWest — Goodwill

$137.88M+11.5%

DFHSoutheast — Goodwill

$68.47M+15.9%

MLMEast Group — Goodwill

$1.74B+69.3%

KFYEMEA — Goodwill

$47M+0.8%

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:Goodwill.

The official record: Waste Management’s 10-K, filed February 9, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Waste Management's east tier region areas — goodwill?: Waste Management (WM) reported east tier region areas — goodwill of $5.89B in Q4 2025.
What does east tier region areas — goodwill mean?: Represents the intangible asset value recorded when the East Tier Region segment acquires another business for a price higher than the fair market value of its net identifiable assets. This reflects the premium paid for synergies, brand reputation, and customer relationships specific to this geographic operating segment.