WM vs OSK vs RSG Stock Comparison

Waste Management, Oshkosh and Republic Services Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WM Waste Management Inc
$239.38 +15.1% 1M +10.8% 1Y
Market cap
$96.86B
P/E
34.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.67B
Div. yield
0.01%
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins
OSK Oshkosh Corp
$131.73 -2.8% 1M -5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$8.32B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.61B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
RSG Republic Services, Inc.
$240.36 +12.7% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$74.26B
P/E
34.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.89B
Div. yield
0.01%
Solid Waste Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Oshkosh leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Oshkosh 5, Waste Management 4, Republic Services 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWMOSKRSGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $96.86B $8.32B $74.26B WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.0x 14.9x 34.0x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x 13.2x 32.3x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.2% +2.2% +3.2% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.1% 5.2% 12.9% RSG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.7% 11.4% 11.0% OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 0.7x 2.6x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% WM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.8% -5.8% +7.7% WM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.8%/yr +4.5%/yr +12.5%/yr RSG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 21.3% 40.4% 20.2% RSG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 72/100 65/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

WMOSKRSG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWMOSKRSG
Valuation 47 #9 of 16 95 #11 of 203 53 #8 of 16
Growth 77 #4 of 14 59 #78 of 188 62 #6 of 14
Profitability 92 #2 of 14 63 #69 of 187 100 #1 of 14
Financial Health 13 #14 of 16 51 #110 of 222 40 #10 of 16
Shareholder Returns 43 #5 of 8 91 #14 of 153 71 #3 of 8
Overall 54 72 65
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • RSG ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWMOSKRSGSPY
1 month +15.1%-2.8%+12.7% -1.0%
3 months +0.2%-15.1%+10.8% +2.9%
6 months +4.3%-12.4%+14.6% +6.4%
Year to date +9.0%+4.9%+13.4% +11.4%
1 year +10.8%-5.8%+7.7% +13.1%
3 years +54.8%+48.4%+67.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +15.7%+14.1%+18.8% +21.5%
5 years +45.6%+24.7%+80.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +7.8%+4.5%+12.5% +10.9%
10 years +284.8%+146.1%+381.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +14.4%+9.4%+17.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureWMOSKRSGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 21.3%40.4%20.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.5%40.2%18.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.421.38-0.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.51-0.140.38 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -18.7%-43.5%-23.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.9%-26.0%-0.6% -2.5%
52-week high $246.51$177.94$241.83 $779.14
52-week low $196.77$118.59$197.73 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWMOSKRSG
P/E now vs peer median 33.7xmedian 33.8x 14.8xmedian 25.9x 33.8xmedian 33.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 3.4x 0.8xmedian 1.9x 4.4xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.8xmedian 15.8x 8.5xmedian 13.7x 16.4xmedian 15.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.8xmedian 18.4x 7.3xmedian 21.1x 27.7xmedian 18.4x
P/B now vs peer median 9.6xmedian 3.1x 1.8xmedian 2.3x 6.1xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 4.14median 4.14 1.15median 1.19 2.67median 4.14

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWMOSKRSG
Revenue $25.67B $10.61B $16.89B
Gross profit $10.49B $1.69B $7.09B
Operating income $4.51B $797.60M $3.37B
Net income $2.85B $556.30M $2.19B
Free cash flow $3.57B $1.12B $2.65B
EPS (diluted) $7.09 $8.87 $7.10
Cash & equivalents $557.00M $403.60M $107.00M
Total debt $93.65B $4.56B $14.07B
Shares (diluted) 402.40M 62.75M 307.63M
Enterprise value $95.77B $6.97B $73.88B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWMOSKRSG
P/E 33.7x 14.8x 33.8x
P/FCF 26.8x 7.3x 27.7x
P/Operating cash flow 14.7x 6.3x 16.2x
P/S 3.7x 0.8x 4.4x
P/B 9.6x 1.8x 6.1x
P/Tangible book 15.2x 2.1x 6.5x
EV/EBITDA 15.8x 8.5x 16.4x
EV/EBIT 26.3x 11.1x 26.0x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 0.8x 5.2x
EV/FCF 33.2x 7.9x 33.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.2x 6.8x 19.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.14 1.15 2.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWMOSKRSG
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.2% 2.2% 3.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 5.8% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -18.6% -10.2% 2.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 7.4% 7.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 7.3% -16.7% 1.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 8.2% 9.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8% -14.5% 2.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 11.1% 11.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.3% -11.7% 4.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.1% 12.8% 12.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.9% 60.6% 9.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.8% 57.0% 10.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 65.2% 99.4% 12.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.4% 49.8% 12.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWMOSKRSG
Gross margin 40.9% 15.9% 42.0%
EBITDA margin 29.3% 9.8% 31.7%
Operating margin 17.6% 7.5% 19.9%
Pretax margin 14.1% 6.5% 15.2%
Net margin 11.1% 5.2% 12.9%
FCF margin 13.9% 10.6% 15.7%
Operating cash flow margin 25.4% 12.3% 26.9%
Return on equity 28.6% 12.4% 18.2%
Return on assets 6.2% 5.6% 6.3%
Return on invested capital 10.7% 11.4% 11.0%
Return on capital employed 11.2% 11.5% 10.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.1x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.3x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWMOSKRSG
Debt / assets 50.3% 11.0% 40.0%
Debt / equity 2.4x 0.2x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 0.7x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 6.5x 1.0x 5.3x
Liabilities / assets 78.6% 55.0% 65.8%
Equity / assets 21.4% 45.0% 34.2%
Interest coverage – 6.6x 5.7x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.7x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.97 3.17 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWMOSKRSG
Dividend yield 1.5% 1.7% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 1.0% 4.3% 2.0%
Shareholder yield 2.5% 6.0% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 50.1% – 34.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 40.0% – 28.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 12.4% – 6.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.9% – 7.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWMOSKRSG
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 13.2xFY2026 32.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.65FY2026 $10.00FY2026 $7.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.3%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.5% +46.4% +5.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $25.84BFY2026 $10.70BFY2026 $16.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +0.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.0% +5.3% +15.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWMOSKRSG
Held by institutions 82.3% 100.0% 58.9%
Institutions holding 2,348 598 1,302
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +5.1% +0.5%
Institutions buying 1,094 309 622
Institutions selling 901 188 484
Buyers to sellers 1.21 1.64 1.29

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WMOSKRSG
WM 1.00 0.08 0.83
OSK 0.08 1.00 -0.01
RSG 0.83 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WM, OSK and RSG?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Waste Management (WM) $96.86B, Oshkosh (OSK) $8.32B, Republic Services (RSG) $74.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, WM, OSK and RSG?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Waste Management (WM) 34.0x, Oshkosh (OSK) 14.9x, Republic Services (RSG) 34.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (Waste Management (WM) 27.7x, Oshkosh (OSK) 13.2x, Republic Services (RSG) 32.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Management (WM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Waste Management (WM) +7.2%, Oshkosh (OSK) +2.2%, Republic Services (RSG) +3.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Republic Services (RSG) has the highest net margin (Waste Management (WM) 11.1%, Oshkosh (OSK) 5.2%, Republic Services (RSG) 12.9%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (Waste Management (WM) 10.7%, Oshkosh (OSK) 11.4%, Republic Services (RSG) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Waste Management (WM) returned the most: Waste Management (WM) +10.8%, Oshkosh (OSK) -5.8%, Republic Services (RSG) +7.7%. Over five years, Republic Services (RSG) compounded fastest (Waste Management (WM) +7.8%/yr, Oshkosh (OSK) +4.5%/yr, Republic Services (RSG) +12.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Waste Management (WM) has the highest dividend yield: Waste Management (WM) 0.01%, Oshkosh (OSK) 0.00%, Republic Services (RSG) 0.01%. Oshkosh (OSK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Republic Services (RSG) has been the steadiest (Waste Management (WM) 21.3%, Oshkosh (OSK) 40.4%, Republic Services (RSG) 20.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WM, OSK and RSG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Oshkosh (OSK) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.