WM vs Peers Stock Comparison

Waste Management Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WM Waste Management Inc
$241.10 +16.5% 1M +12.3% 1Y
Market cap
$94.52B
P/E
33.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.67B
Div. yield
0.02%
Solid Waste Industrials

Percentile Scorecard

WM

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

AxisWM
Valuation 53 #8 of 16
Growth 69 #5 of 14
Profitability 92 #2 of 14
Financial Health 13 #14 of 16
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 57
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWMSPY
1 month +16.5% -0.8%
3 months +1.4% +3.5%
6 months +6.6% +7.0%
Year to date +9.7% +12.2%
1 year +12.3% +13.0%
3 years +49.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +14.3% +23.1%
5 years +55.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.2% +11.0%
10 years +276.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +14.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureWMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 21.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.58 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -18.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.2% -1.8%
52-week high $246.51 $779.14
52-week low $196.77 $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.

MultipleWM
P/E now vs peer median 33.9xmedian 34.0x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 15.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 18.5x
P/B now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 4.17median 3.42

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 monthsWM
Revenue $25.67B
Gross profit $10.49B
Operating income $4.51B
Net income $2.85B
Free cash flow $3.57B
EPS (diluted) $7.09
Cash & equivalents $557.00M
Total debt $93.65B
Shares (diluted) 402.40M
Enterprise value $93.43B

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
MetricWM
P/E 33.9x
P/FCF 27.0x
P/Operating cash flow 14.8x
P/S 3.8x
P/B 9.7x
P/Tangible book 15.3x
EV/EBITDA 15.9x
EV/EBIT 26.4x
EV/Revenue 4.6x
EV/FCF 33.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWM
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -18.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 7.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 65.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWM
Gross margin 40.9%
EBITDA margin 29.3%
Operating margin 17.6%
Pretax margin 14.1%
Net margin 11.1%
FCF margin 13.9%
Operating cash flow margin 25.4%
Return on equity 28.6%
Return on assets 6.2%
Return on invested capital 10.7%
Return on capital employed 11.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWM
Debt / assets 50.3%
Debt / equity 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x
Debt / FCF 6.5x
Liabilities / assets 78.6%
Equity / assets 21.4%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.99

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWM
Dividend yield 1.5%
Net buyback yield 1.0%
Shareholder yield 2.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 50.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 40.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 12.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.9%

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.

ConsensusWM
Forward P/E 27.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $25.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWM
Held by institutions 82.3%
Institutions holding 2,348
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8%
Institutions buying 1,094
Institutions selling 901
Buyers to sellers 1.21

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Waste Management (WM) 0.02%.

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.