Waste Management Ratios (2009-2025) | WM

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Ratios	Mar2009	Jun2009	Sep2009	Dec2009	Mar2010	Jun2010	Sep2010	Dec2010	Mar2011	Jun2011	Sep2011	Dec2011	Mar2012	Jun2012	Sep2012	Dec2012	Mar2013	Jun2013	Sep2013	Dec2013	Mar2014	Jun2014	Sep2014	Dec2014	Mar2015	Jun2015	Sep2015	Dec2015	Mar2016	Jun2016	Sep2016	Dec2016	Mar2017	Jun2017	Sep2017	Dec2017	Mar2018	Jun2018	Sep2018	Dec2018	Mar2019	Jun2019	Sep2019	Dec2019	Mar2020	Jun2020	Sep2020	Dec2020	Mar2021	Jun2021	Sep2021	Dec2021	Mar2022	Jun2022	Sep2022	Dec2022	Mar2023	Jun2023	Sep2023	Dec2023	Mar2024	Jun2024	Sep2024	Dec2024	Mar2025	Jun2025	Sep2025	Dec2025
Profitability
Gross Margin	38.61%	39.50%	38.60%	37.66%	35.91%	36.80%	37.99%	69.53%	35.71%	36.06%	35.80%	74.81%	34.26%	34.66%	35.60%	35.24%	33.78%	34.46%	35.79%	35.23%	34.28%	35.38%	36.17%	36.86%	35.99%	34.75%	37.65%	37.55%	37.25%	37.81%	37.54%	37.95%	37.03%	37.72%	38.05%	38.03%	37.80%	38.14%	37.91%	38.08%	37.82%	38.09%	38.47%	39.83%	37.54%	38.78%	39.60%	38.53%	38.86%	38.87%	37.71%	36.83%	37.72%	37.50%	37.81%	37.33%	36.92%	37.76%	38.67%	39.70%	39.14%	39.08%	39.40%	95.86%	39.40%	40.30%	40.51%	41.50%
EBT Margin	9.64%	14.57%	14.06%	11.54%	10.29%	14.69%	12.70%	14.25%	9.86%	11.38%	11.95%	12.10%	8.25%	9.66%	10.05%	10.16%	7.85%	10.86%	12.48%	-15.69%	9.89%	11.29%	11.49%	17.43%	-7.30%	11.73%	14.76%	12.23%	12.47%	13.40%	12.88%	14.74%	12.62%	15.50%	16.23%	15.99%	14.55%	16.29%	15.62%	17.15%	12.50%	12.60%	15.50%	13.81%	11.67%	11.09%	13.36%	13.45%	13.25%	10.19%	15.13%	13.72%	14.40%	15.44%	16.32%	13.03%	14.23%	15.80%	16.78%	12.34%	16.84%	16.55%	17.74%	11.88%	13.09%	14.43%	12.03%	14.81%
EBIT Margin	13.24%	18.09%	17.37%	15.17%	14.04%	18.56%	16.82%	18.01%	13.76%	15.12%	15.42%	16.21%	12.17%	13.47%	14.45%	14.09%	12.05%	14.46%	15.93%	-11.71%	13.81%	14.94%	15.16%	21.88%	14.47%	15.14%	17.89%	15.47%	15.99%	17.84%	15.78%	17.83%	16.22%	18.30%	18.86%	19.28%	17.32%	19.12%	18.29%	19.96%	16.80%	17.64%	18.50%	17.03%	15.37%	14.80%	17.61%	16.08%	15.81%	17.67%	17.28%	15.35%	16.48%	17.70%	18.56%	15.50%	16.86%	18.44%	19.64%	15.05%	19.69%	18.68%	19.95%	15.59%	16.83%	17.90%	15.35%	18.30%
EBITDA Margin	13.24%	18.09%	17.37%	15.17%	14.04%	18.56%	16.82%	18.01%	13.76%	15.12%	15.42%	16.21%	12.17%	13.47%	14.45%	14.09%	12.05%	14.46%	15.93%	-11.71%	13.81%	14.94%	15.16%	21.88%	14.47%	15.14%	17.89%	15.47%	15.99%	17.84%	15.78%	17.83%	16.22%	18.30%	18.86%	19.28%	17.32%	19.12%	18.29%	19.96%	16.80%	17.64%	18.50%	17.03%	15.37%	14.80%	17.61%	16.08%	15.81%	17.67%	17.28%	15.35%	16.48%	17.70%	18.56%	15.50%	16.86%	18.44%	19.64%	15.05%	19.69%	18.68%	19.95%	15.59%	16.83%	17.90%	15.35%	18.30%
Operating Margin	13.24%	18.09%	17.37%	15.17%	14.04%	18.56%	16.82%	18.01%	13.76%	15.12%	15.42%	16.21%	12.17%	13.47%	14.45%	14.09%	12.05%	14.46%	15.93%	-11.71%	13.81%	14.94%	15.16%	21.88%	14.47%	15.14%	17.89%	15.47%	15.99%	17.84%	15.78%	17.83%	16.22%	18.30%	18.86%	19.28%	17.32%	19.12%	18.29%	19.96%	16.80%	17.64%	18.50%	17.03%	15.37%	14.80%	17.61%	16.08%	15.81%	17.67%	17.28%	15.35%	16.48%	17.70%	18.56%	15.50%	16.86%	18.44%	19.64%	15.05%	19.69%	18.68%	19.95%	15.59%	16.83%	17.90%	15.35%	18.30%
Net Margin	6.05%	9.04%	9.66%	11.01%	6.54%	8.17%	7.98%	9.22%	6.32%	7.47%	8.09%	8.16%	5.55%	6.33%	6.44%	6.84%	5.04%	6.92%	8.04%	-17.29%	6.71%	5.90%	7.50%	17.17%	-4.24%	8.27%	9.97%	8.41%	8.12%	8.35%	8.57%	9.65%	8.63%	9.82%	10.44%	17.85%	11.25%	13.35%	13.03%	13.82%	9.39%	9.68%	12.48%	11.62%	9.68%	8.62%	10.10%	10.77%	10.24%	7.84%	11.55%	9.17%	11.03%	11.68%	12.59%	10.13%	10.87%	11.97%	12.74%	8.99%	13.70%	12.59%	13.55%	10.15%	10.58%	11.31%	9.36%	11.75%
FCF Margin	6.90%	9.82%	11.08%	12.11%	8.21%	8.23%	12.83%	8.00%	9.15%	5.92%	9.82%	9.31%	2.91%	9.19%	4.97%	5.79%	9.32%	8.79%	11.41%	4.29%	9.36%	9.74%	10.13%	4.36%	8.75%	15.69%	9.58%	5.76%	13.07%	13.14%	11.98%	10.81%	11.34%	13.98%	13.54%	7.23%	11.65%	14.42%	12.30%	11.92%	11.34%	10.95%	11.82%	19.14%	8.21%	11.79%	17.77%	8.83%	20.67%	14.45%	15.43%	4.64%	18.02%	9.89%	8.37%	3.79%	7.85%	9.96%	11.35%	6.52%	13.55%	9.02%	10.29%	6.72%	6.26%	12.64%	12.66%	12.83%
Efficiency
Inventory Average			0.10B	0.11B	0.11B	0.11B	0.12B	0.13B	0.13B	0.13B	0.14B	0.15B	0.15B	0.15B	0.15B	0.16B	0.18B	0.17B	0.17B	0.18B	0.18B	0.17B	0.14B	0.11B	0.11B	0.11B	0.10B	0.09B	0.09B	0.09B	0.09B	0.09B	0.09B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.10B	0.11B	0.11B	0.11B	0.12B	0.12B	0.12B	0.12B	0.12B	0.13B	0.13B	0.14B	0.15B	0.16B	0.16B	0.17B	0.17B	0.17B	0.17B	0.18B	0.19B	0.18B	0.20B	0.21B	0.22B	0.22B	0.22B
Assets Average			20.27B	20.77B	21.07B	21.38B	21.55B	21.41B	21.56B	21.62B	21.82B	22.31B	22.55B	22.61B	22.88B	23.09B	23.13B	23.08B	23.31B	23.05B	22.47B	22.31B	22.20B	21.73B	20.97B	20.63B	20.49B	20.38B	20.57B	20.77B	20.75B	20.81B	20.75B	20.74B	20.89B	21.39B	21.97B	22.06B	22.30B	22.62B	23.01B	24.68B	26.55B	27.43B	27.46B	26.90B	25.70B	27.06B	29.21B	29.05B	28.94B	28.97B	29.16B	29.67B	29.98B	30.60B	31.33B	31.45B	31.77B	32.38B	32.74B	33.33B	34.36B	39.65B	44.53B	45.10B	45.66B	45.72B
Equity Average			6.44B	6.56B	6.57B	6.47B	6.42B	6.51B	6.61B	6.63B	6.45B	6.34B	6.44B	6.48B	6.55B	6.64B	6.70B	6.77B	6.92B	6.51B	6.02B	6.09B	5.91B	5.78B	5.73B	5.49B	5.33B	5.31B	5.34B	5.27B	5.31B	5.35B	5.43B	5.52B	5.40B	5.67B	6.05B	6.06B	6.15B	6.26B	6.35B	6.44B	6.63B	6.93B	6.91B	6.82B	7.03B	7.31B	7.44B	7.39B	7.26B	7.15B	7.14B	7.17B	7.10B	6.94B	6.84B	6.87B	6.95B	6.93B	6.99B	7.26B	7.71B	8.11B	8.45B	8.93B	9.36B	9.76B
Invested Capital		6.61B	7.26B	15.49B	7.17B	16.01B	15.44B	15.50B	15.83B	15.66B	15.90B	16.19B	16.33B	16.31B	16.61B	16.59B	16.73B	16.59B	17.07B	16.23B	16.23B	6.93B	6.80B	15.32B	5.74B	14.51B	14.31B	5.45B	14.91B	5.30B	5.45B	5.38B	5.59B	5.55B	5.34B	6.08B	6.09B	6.08B	6.40B	6.43B	6.57B	6.61B	7.07B	7.34B	7.00B	7.13B	7.32B	7.66B	7.62B	7.71B	7.78B	7.28B	7.48B	7.51B	7.27B	7.28B	7.14B	7.44B	7.26B	7.23B	7.41B	7.69B	8.65B	9.61B	9.61B	10.17B	10.40B	10.70B
Asset Utilization Ratio			0.59	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.58	0.59	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.61	0.60	0.59	0.59	0.60	0.60	0.61	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.64	0.65	0.65	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.65	0.65	0.67	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.62	0.58	0.56	0.56	0.56	0.58	0.56	0.53	0.57	0.60	0.62	0.63	0.64	0.65	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.62	0.56	0.51	0.53	0.54	0.55
Leverage & Solvency
Interest Coverage Ratio	3.54	4.99	5.05	4.15	3.68	5.05	4.32	4.82	3.53	4.25	4.60	4.49	3.29	3.85	4.07	3.97	3.32	4.18	4.85	-3.47	3.88
Debt to Equity		1.29	1.26	1.35	1.35	1.50	1.39	1.35	1.38	1.36	1.53	1.53	1.52	1.51	1.51	1.49	1.49	1.43	1.43	1.70	1.69	1.59	1.79	1.60	1.65	1.68	1.72	1.66	1.81	1.82	1.72	1.75	1.63	1.64	1.76	1.57	1.64	1.62	1.60	1.60	1.62	1.97	1.97	1.91	1.99	1.86	1.46	1.85	1.82	1.80	1.82	1.88	1.89	1.99	2.01	2.18	2.26	2.22	2.22	2.35	2.27	2.25	2.09	2.90	2.76	2.61	2.45	2.29
Debt Ratio		0.41	0.40	0.42	0.42	0.44	0.42	0.41	0.42	0.42	0.44	0.43	0.44	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.42	0.43	0.45	0.45	0.44	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.45	0.44	0.43	0.45	0.43	0.45	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.48	0.42	0.47	0.46	0.46	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.49	0.49	0.48	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.48	0.54	0.54	0.53	0.51	0.50
Equity Ratio		0.32	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.29	0.30	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.29	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.25	0.28	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.26	0.26	0.27	0.26	0.25	0.28	0.27	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.26	0.29	0.25	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.19	0.19	0.20	0.21	0.22
Times Interest Earned	3.54	4.99	5.05	4.15	3.68	5.05	4.32	4.82	3.53	4.25	4.60	4.49	3.29	3.85	4.07	3.97	3.32	4.18	4.85	-3.47	3.88
Dividends & Payouts
FCF Payout Ratio	0.74	0.49	0.43	0.39	0.63	0.58	0.36	0.59	0.57	0.81	0.46	0.49	1.71	0.52	0.95	0.83	0.55	0.55	0.41	1.14	0.55	0.50	0.47	1.15	0.66	0.34	0.53	0.92	0.44	0.40	0.43	0.48	0.50	0.36	0.37	0.70	0.50	0.37	0.42	0.43	0.53	0.50	0.46	0.30	0.77	0.55	0.34	0.64	0.29	0.37	0.33	1.11	0.33	0.54	0.63	1.42	0.75	0.55	0.48	0.83	0.44	0.62	0.52	0.76	0.89	0.41	0.41	0.41
Valuation
Enterprise Value	-0.95B	-0.23B	-0.31B	-0.83B	-0.56B	-0.86B	-0.22B	-0.21B	-0.34B	-0.04B	0.06B	0.06B	0.13B	0.08B	-0.07B	0.13B	0.01B	0.15B	0.15B	0.23B	-0.04B	0.16B	0.12B	-1.28B	-0.26B	-0.25B	-0.09B	-0.02B	-0.08B	-0.02B	-0.01B	-0.01B	-0.01B	-0.01B	-0.01B	-0.13B	-0.03B	-0.04B	-0.08B	-0.32B	-0.06B	-2.25B	-2.91B	-3.94B	-3.12B	-2.66B	-0.70B	-0.86B	-0.47B	-0.15B	-0.11B	-0.12B	-0.15B	-0.89B	-0.14B	-0.34B	-0.24B	-0.12B	-0.13B	-0.47B	-0.33B	-0.18B	-0.62B	-0.41B	-0.21B	-0.44B	-0.17B	-0.20B
Return Ratios
Return on Sales	0.06%	0.09%	0.10%	0.11%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.07%	0.08%	-0.20%	0.07%	0.11%	0.08%	0.14%	-0.04%	0.08%	0.10%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.10%	0.09%	0.10%	0.10%	0.18%	0.11%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.09%	0.10%	0.12%	0.12%	0.10%	0.09%	0.10%	0.11%	0.10%	0.08%	0.12%	0.09%	0.11%	0.12%	0.13%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.13%	0.09%	0.14%	0.13%	0.14%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.09%	0.12%
Return on Capital Employed			0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.11%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.13%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.15%	0.14%	0.15%	0.14%	0.14%	0.14%	0.13%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.11%	0.10%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.13%	0.12%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.12%	0.10%	0.11%	0.10%	0.11%
Return on Invested Capital			0.18%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.09%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.00%	0.01%	0.04%	0.06%	0.17%	0.19%	0.17%	0.12%	0.15%	0.14%	0.14%	0.27%	0.27%	0.28%	0.28%	0.31%	0.36%	0.35%	0.38%	0.39%	0.35%	0.35%	0.34%	0.32%	0.30%	0.30%	0.29%	0.27%	0.26%	0.26%	0.28%	0.29%	0.29%	0.31%	0.31%	0.33%	0.36%	0.36%	0.37%	0.37%	0.37%	0.39%	0.39%	0.37%	0.35%	0.33%	0.34%	0.32%	0.32%
Return on Assets			0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%
Return on Equity			0.15%	0.16%	0.16%	0.17%	0.16%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.16%	0.16%	0.15%	0.15%	0.14%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.01%	0.02%	0.04%	0.04%	0.24%	0.18%	0.16%	0.18%	0.14%	0.21%	0.22%	0.21%	0.22%	0.22%	0.23%	0.26%	0.30%	0.30%	0.32%	0.33%	0.31%	0.30%	0.27%	0.26%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.21%	0.20%	0.21%	0.22%	0.24%	0.24%	0.26%	0.29%	0.31%	0.32%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.33%	0.35%	0.35%	0.34%	0.34%	0.32%	0.30%	0.27%	0.28%

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