Waste Management (WM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 10.85% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 10.85%, up 49.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.85% (up 49.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.86%, down 167.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 10.85% for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, up from 10.72% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 13.28% in Q3 2024 to a low of 10.2% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.46% (2023), against an average of 12.07%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 247 bps in 2022 and slumped 308 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Waste Management's Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.84% in 2022, then dropped by 1 bps to 12.7% in 2023, then declined by 4 bps to 12.17% in 2024, then slipped by 12 bps to 10.72% in 2025, then advanced by 1 bps to 10.85% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 10.85% (Q1 2026), 10.72% (Q4 2025), and 10.2% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.