Waste Management WM
NYSE WM
$223.93 -0.99 (-0.44%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 11:17 AM EDT

Waste Management (WM) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management (WM) posted Debt Ratio of 0.5 for Q2 2026, up 0.51% sequentially from 0.5 in Q1 2026, and down 4.17% YoY from 0.53 in Q2 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.5 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 4.17% year-over-year to 0.5 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.5 (down 4.17% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.5, down 6.81% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio improved to 0.5 in Q2 2026 per WM's latest filing, from 0.5 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.54 in Q4 2024 and troughed at 0.46 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.5 and a median of 0.49 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Debt Ratio: up 8.73% in 2025, down 6.81% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.48 in 2022, then advanced by 3.5% to 0.49 in 2023, then rose by 8.46% to 0.54 in 2024, then slipped by 6.81% to 0.5 in 2025, then advanced by 0.74% to 0.5 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.5, 0.5, and 0.5 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Waste Management 89.92 Bn 89.36 Bn 2.73 Bn 0.50
2 Republic Services 67.68 Bn 67.57 Bn 1.87 Bn 0.40
3 Waste Connections 42.95 Bn 42.85 Bn 1.08 Bn 0.44
4 Clean Harbors 16.76 Bn 16.24 Bn 608.78 Mn 0.35
5 GFL Environmental 14.94 Bn 14.75 Bn 278.90 Mn 0.45
6 Casella Waste Systems 5.89 Bn 5.86 Bn 178.80 Mn 0.38
7 Onterris 569.67 Mn 555.98 Mn 82.26 Mn 0.36
8 Sino Green Land 453.86 Mn 453.78 Mn -78,936.00 0.46
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 337.28 Mn 303.33 Mn -2.50 Mn 0.03
10 American Battery Technology 336.89 Mn 297.61 Mn 737,749.00 0.07

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.50
Mar 31, 2026 0.50
Dec 31, 2025 0.50
Sep 30, 2025 0.51
Jun 30, 2025 0.53
Mar 31, 2025 0.54
Dec 31, 2024 0.54
Sep 30, 2024 0.48
Jun 30, 2024 0.49
Mar 31, 2024 0.49
Dec 31, 2023 0.49
Sep 30, 2023 0.48
Jun 30, 2023 0.49
Mar 31, 2023 0.49
Dec 31, 2022 0.48
Sep 30, 2022 0.47
Jun 30, 2022 0.47
Mar 31, 2022 0.46
Dec 31, 2021 0.46
Sep 30, 2021 0.45