WASTE MANAGEMENT INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
WM on NYSE
Location
Houston, TX
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
09 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • WM - WASTE MANAGEMENT INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 11%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-11%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 05 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-05) highlights Return On Invested Capital 10.9%, Return On Equity 29.7%, and Return On Assets 6.5%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

61.6/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

11%

Metric score 39.5/100

Return On Equity

30%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

6.5%

Metric score 56.2/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.89x
Quick Ratio
0.77x
Debt to Equity
2.39x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Operating Margin, and Current Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital, Debt-to-equity, and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 11% -11%
Return On Equity 30% -18%
Return On Assets 6.5% -16%
Operating Margin 20% -7.2%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.89x +17%
Quick Ratio 0.77x +12%
Debt-to-equity 2.39x -19%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 14%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -1.4%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 403,335,781 +0.3%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 402,900,000 +0.35%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $6,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 402,700,000 +0.3%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 404,200,000 +0.2%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $25,204,000,000 +14%
Costs and Expenses $20,896,000,000 +16%
Operating Income (Loss) $4,308,000,000 +6%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $3,426,000,000 -0.92%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $717,000,000 +0.56%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 6.72 -1.8%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 6.7 -1.6%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $201,000,000 -51%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $3,435,000,000 +5%
Other Assets, Current $429,000,000 -8.1%
Assets, Current $4,910,000,000 +2.8%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $959,000,000 -3.7%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $3,767,000,000 -10%
Goodwill $13,880,000,000 +3.3%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,608,000,000 +2.6%
Assets $45,835,000,000 +2.8%
Accounts Payable, Current $1,867,000,000 -8.7%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $2,211,000,000 +1.4%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $735,000,000 +9.2%
Liabilities, Current $5,524,000,000 -12%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $22,196,000,000 -1.5%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $3,160,000,000 +12%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $845,000,000 -3.8%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $1,686,000,000 +2.1%
Liabilities $35,844,000,000 -1.3%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $10,000,000 +91%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $17,232,000,000 +8.7%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $9,990,000,000 +21%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $9,991,000,000 +21%
Liabilities and Equity $45,835,000,000 +2.8%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 1,500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 630,282,461 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $297,000,000 -39%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $180,000,000 -9.5%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $740,000,000 -13%
Operating Lease, Liability $1,010,000,000 -2.9%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $2,813,000,000 +5.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $1,269,000,000 -2.1%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $45,474,000,000 +5.5%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $165,000,000 +1.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $188,000,000 +0.54%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $208,000,000 +0.48%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.044 +2.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $259,000,000 +1.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $169,000,000 +2.4%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $43,000,000 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $139,000,000 -4.8%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $2,863,000,000 +26%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY