Industrials
Live Price
Offline$214.60
-0.58% today
1Y Change
-8.57%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $91.50B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $214.60 and down 8.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +14.2%, EPS growth of -1.8%, a dividend yield of 1.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +14.2%, EPS -1.8%, free cash flow +30.4% with operating margin 18.5% and ROIC 9.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.9 and price/sales 3.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WM price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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WM
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WM Max Drawdown
-17.01%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for WM and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$17.9B
-9.0% YoY
FY Net Income
$1.8B
-18.9% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$2.4B
+24.9% YoY
Revenue Growth
+14.2%
EPS Growth
-1.8%
Gross Margin
32.1%
Net Margin
11.0%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 25.2B | 22.1B | 20.4B | 19.7B | 17.9B |
| Gross Profit | 7.3B | 6.4B | 5.7B | 5.4B | 4.8B |
| Operating Income | 4.6B | 4.1B | 3.8B | 3.4B | 3.0B |
| EBITDA | 7.2B | 6.5B | 5.7B | 5.4B | 4.8B |
| Net Income | 2.7B | 2.7B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 1.8B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 201M | 414M | 458M | 351M | 118M |
| Total Assets | 45.8B | 44.6B | 32.8B | 31.4B | 29.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 35.8B | 36.3B | 25.9B | 24.5B | 22.0B |
| Shareholder Equity | 10.0B | 8.3B | 6.9B | 6.8B | 7.1B |
| Total Debt | 22.9B | 23.9B | 16.2B | 15.0B | 13.4B |
| Net Debt | 22.7B | 23.5B | 15.8B | 14.6B | 13.3B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
4.3B
-4.4% YoY
Capital Expenditures
1.9B
+26.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
2.4B
+24.9% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
32.1%
Operating Margin
18.5%
Net Margin
11.0%
ROE
28.9%
Debt / Equity
2.28x
Next Step
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