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Waste Management, Inc. (WM) Stock Analysis

$223.62 (-0.22%)

WM Financial Performance


Use the table below to view Waste Management, Inc.'s financial profile. This data is gathers from the latest available financial statements. Annual data is taken from the trailing 12 months of statements. All numbers are reported in US Dollars and so any foreign currencies are converted to USD so comparison's can be done.

Based on Financial Statements from Q3 - 2024

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
Price $223.62 -
52 Week Low $168.73 -
52 Week High $226.50 -
Market Cap $89.8 Billion 1/10
Gross Margin 39% 3/10
Profit Margin 14% 1/10
EBITDA margin 25% 2/10
Q3 - 2024 Revenue $5.6 Billion 1/10
Q3 - 2024 Earnings $760.0 Million 1/10
Q3 - 2024 Free Cash Flow $1.4 Million 1/10
Trailing 4 Quarters Revenue $21.4 Billion 1/10
Trailing 4 Quarters Earnings $2.6 Billion 1/10
Quarterly Earnings Growth 15% 4/10
Annual Earnings Growth 6% 5/10
Quarterly Revenue Growth 8% 6/10
Annual Revenue Growth 4% 6/10
Cash On Hand $614.0 Million 1/10
Short Term Debt $676.0 Million 1/10
Long Term Debt $16.0 Billion 1/10

Waste Management, Inc. Financial Metrics


Financial metrics are a set of useful numbers that can give key performance indicators of a company. The various metrics can include information about profitability, growth, and debt load. When combined and use properly they can tell an analyst a compelling fact-based story of how the company is currently performing. To compare Waste Management, Inc.'s metrics versus it's peers make sure to run our peer analysis tool.

Valuation Metrics

Metric Value Ranking among Peers
PE 33.98 5/10
PS 4.20 4/10
PB 11.26 1/10
PC 146.18 5/10
Liabilities to Equity 3.35 2/10
ROA 0.08 2/10
ROE 0.33 1/10
Current Ratio 1.30 9/10
Quick Ratio 0.02 6/10
Long Term Debt to Equity 2.00 2/10
Debt to Equity 2.09 2/10
Burn Rate 12.77 2/10
Cash to Cap 0.01 6/10
CCR 1.79 3/10
EV to EBITDA 74.40 5/10
EV to Revenue 4.95 4/10

Company Details

Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides waste management environmental services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. It offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility (MRF), or disposal site; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States, as well as owns and operates transfer stations. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned or operated 255 solid waste landfills; 5 secure hazardous waste landfills; 96 MRFs; and 340 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services; recycling brokerage services, such as managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services; services related with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services comprising full-service waste management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

CEO: Mr. James Fish

Website: https://www.wm.com

Address: 1001 Fannin St Houston, TEXAS

Exchange: New York Stock Exchange

Industry: Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc. Peer Analysis


A useful and more reliable way of seeing the health of a company is to compare it to other companies operating in the same sector. Below is our list of companies which we rank are the closest peers to Waste Management, Inc.. If you feel that peers should be added or removed from this list please contact us. To run an in-depth peer analysis which compares many financial metrics click on the link below.

Stock Ticker Market Cap
Republic Services, Inc. RSG $66.3 Billion
Waste Connections, Inc. WCN $47.8 Billion
Stericycle, Inc. SRCL $5.8 Billion
Harsco Corporation HSC $729.6 Million
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. CWST $6.7 Billion
Clean Harbors, Inc. CLH $14.2 Billion
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc HCCI $1.1 Billion
GFL Environmental Inc. GFL $16.7 Billion
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. MEG $746.4 Million
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WM Income Statements
Quarter Year Revenue Earnings
Q3 2024 $ 5.6 Billion $760.0 Million
Q2 2024 $ 5.4 Billion $680.0 Million
Q1 2024 $ 5.2 Billion $708.0 Million
Q4 2023 $ 5.2 Billion $493.0 Million
Q3 2023 $ 5.2 Billion $663.0 Million
Q2 2023 $ 5.1 Billion $613.0 Million
Q1 2023 $ 4.9 Billion $533.0 Million
Q4 2022 $ 4.9 Billion $499.0 Million

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WM Balance Sheets
Quarter Year Cash & Equivalents Total Assets Total Debt Total Equity
Q3 2024 $614.0 Million $34.7 Billion $16.7 Billion $8.0 Billion
Q2 2024 $176.0 Million $34.0 Billion $16.7 Billion $7.5 Billion
Q1 2024 $356.0 Million $32.7 Billion $16.1 Billion $7.1 Billion
Q4 2023 $458.0 Million $32.8 Billion $16.2 Billion $6.9 Billion
Q3 2023 $150.0 Million $31.9 Billion $15.4 Billion $7.0 Billion
Q2 2023 $144.0 Million $31.6 Billion $15.4 Billion $6.9 Billion
Q1 2023 $257.0 Million $31.3 Billion $15.4 Billion $6.8 Billion
Q4 2022 $351.0 Million $31.4 Billion $15.0 Billion $6.8 Billion

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WM Cash Flow Statements
Quarter Year freeCashFlow capitalExpenditure netChangeInCash
Q3 2024 $1.4 Billion $0 $1.4 Billion
Q2 2024 $487.0 Million -$667.0 Million -$180.0 Million
Q1 2024 $699.0 Million -$668.0 Million -$112.0 Million
Q4 2023 $340.0 Million -$1.0 Billion $302.0 Million
Q3 2023 $590.0 Million -$673.0 Million -$13.0 Million
Q2 2023 $1.0 Billion $0 $1.0 Billion
Q1 2023 $384.0 Million -$660.0 Million -$53.0 Million
Q4 2022 $187.0 Million -$862.0 Million $197.0 Million

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