Waste Management (WM) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management has disclosed Debt to Equity across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $2.28 for Q1 2026.

• Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $2.28, down 17.11% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.28 (down 17.11% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.29, down 20.81% from the prior year.
• Debt to Equity came in at $2.28 for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, roughly flat from $2.29 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $2.9 in Q4 2024 to a low of $1.89 in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $2.26 (2023), against an average of $2.29.
• Across the five-year window, Debt to Equity grew 23.04% in 2024 and slipped 20.81% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Waste Management's Debt to Equity stood at $2.18 in 2022, then climbed by 7.81% to $2.35 in 2023, then climbed by 23.04% to $2.9 in 2024, then fell by 20.81% to $2.29 in 2025, then dropped by 0.39% to $2.28 in 2026.
• The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $2.28 (Q1 2026), $2.29 (Q4 2025), and $2.45 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.