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Waste Management (WM) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Debt Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.5 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 6.81% to 0.5 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.5 through Dec 2025, down 6.81% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.5 for FY2025, 6.81% down from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio hit 0.5 in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from 0.51 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.54 in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.45 in Q3 2021.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.49 across 5 years, with a median of 0.48 in 2023.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Debt Ratio was 8.73% in 2025; the steepest drop was 6.81% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.46 in 2021, then increased by 3.69% to 0.48 in 2022, then increased by 3.5% to 0.49 in 2023, then rose by 8.46% to 0.54 in 2024, then fell by 6.81% to 0.5 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Debt Ratio for WM at 0.5 in Q4 2025, 0.51 in Q3 2025, and 0.53 in Q2 2025.