Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Waste Management (WM) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.32%.

  • Waste Management's Return on Invested Capital fell 300.0% to 0.32% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.32%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.34% for FY2025, which is 500.0% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q4 2025, Waste Management's Return on Invested Capital is 0.32%, which was down 300.0% from 0.32% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Waste Management's Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.39% during Q1 2024, and its lowest value of 0.26% during Q1 2021.
  • In the last 5 years, Waste Management's Return on Invested Capital had a median value of 0.34% in 2025 and averaged 0.34%.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first skyrocketed by 600bps in 2022, then plummeted by -600bps in 2025.
  • Waste Management's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.29% in 2021, then rose by 22bps to 0.36% in 2022, then rose by 5bps to 0.37% in 2023, then fell by -5bps to 0.35% in 2024, then dropped by -9bps to 0.32% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.32% in Q4 2025, 0.32% for Q3 2025, and 0.34% during Q2 2025.