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Waste Management (WM) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.28% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 6.0% to 0.28% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.28% through Dec 2025, down 6.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.3% for FY2025, 6.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.28% in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from 0.27% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.34% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.06% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 0.23% across 5 years, with a median of 0.3% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: decreased -28bps in 2021 and later soared 36bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.06% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 650bps to 0.3% in 2022, then grew by 2bps to 0.31% in 2023, then rose by 10bps to 0.34% in 2024, then fell by -18bps to 0.28% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for WM at 0.28% in Q4 2025, 0.27% in Q3 2025, and 0.3% in Q2 2025.