Waste Management (WM) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's (WM) Price to Earnings came in at 31.25 for Q2 2026, down 7.8% from 33.88 a year earlier and down 5.6% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Waste Management's Price to Earnings stood at 32.72, up 10.7% from FY2024.
- In prior years, Waste Management's Price to Earnings was 29.55 in FY2024 (-5.3%), 31.22 in FY2023 (+9.1%), 28.61 in FY2022 (-25.2%) and 38.24 in FY2021 (+14.6%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Price to Earnings since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings increased in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 2.9%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings in the past five years was Q3 2024, with growth of 18.7%; the weakest was Q4 2022, with a decline of 25.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 33.09 (Q1 2026), 32.72 (Q4 2025) and 34.70 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.78 Bn | 80.69 Bn | 2.73 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.17 Bn | 63.79 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.78 Bn | 38.40 Bn | 1.08 Bn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.83 Bn | 13.84 Bn | 608.78 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.57 Bn | 13.25 Bn | 385.80 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.19 Bn | 4.31 Bn | 178.80 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 445.90 Mn | 405.17 Mn | 82.26 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 329.99 Mn | 221.55 Mn | -2.50 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 184.53 Mn | 184.53 Mn | 707,000.00 |
| 10 | Comstock | 172.41 Mn | 175.73 Mn | -896,073.00 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 31.25 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 33.09 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 32.72 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 34.70 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 33.88 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 34.83 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 29.55 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.55 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 33.65 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 34.50 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 31.22 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 26.58 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 30.73 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 29.40 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 28.61 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 29.29 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 29.49 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 34.49 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 38.24 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 35.74 |
API Access
Waste Management Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "WM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();