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Waste Management (WM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.02% at Waste Management, down from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.13% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 0.02% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.12% (2022), against an average of 0.1%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed increased 2bps in 2021 before it dropped -11bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then rose by 8bps to 0.13% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 0.13% in 2023, then tumbled by -83bps to 0.02% in 2024, then dropped by -18bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WM's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.02% (Q3 2025), and 0.02% (Q2 2025).