Fundamental analysis · SEC EDGAR · TTM through 30/06/2026
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Fundamental quality
75
out of 100
Waste Management Inc earns a fundamental-quality score of 75 out of 100, profiling it as a company with solid fundamentals. Its score rests mainly on its profitability (net margin 11.1%). Whether it's cheap or expensive depends on the current price, which you can compute in the tool.
Waste Management is North America's largest waste company: it collects, recycles and landfills the trash of millions of homes and businesses. It owns the continent's largest landfill network, an asset nearly impossible to replicate given the permits required.
EPS growth: 13.5% · Revenue growth: 10%
Net margin: 11.1% · ROE: 28.7% · ROIC: 10.9%
Net debt/EBITDA: 3.06x · FCF: 13.9%
Source: SEC EDGAR · TTM through 30/06/2026
The score includes +4 for dividend strength: 18 consecutive years of increases. Keeping that streak demands growing cash generation and balance-sheet discipline.
The score combines growth, profitability and financial strength, and here its pillars hold up evenly.
Percentile against the other 69 Industrial companies in our coverage: how far it beats them on each metric (100 = best in sector).
Computed from the daily dataset scores. A high percentile places the company among the best in its sector on that metric; it is not a buy recommendation.
Key concepts
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| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15,218 | 1,496 | 1,818 | 13,257 |
| 2021 | 17,931 | 1,816 | 2,299 | 13,287 |
| 2022 | 19,698 | 2,238 | 1,727 | 14,633 |
| 2023 | 20,426 | 2,304 | 1,824 | 15,771 |
| 2024 | 22,063 | 2,746 | 2,159 | 23,486 |
| 2025 | 25,204 | 2,708 | 2,816 | 22,706 |
Between 2020 and 2025, revenue went from $15,218M to $25,204M (+66%) and net income went from $1,496M to $2,708M (+81%).
Annual figures in millions of U.S. dollars ($M) per SEC filings. Net debt is total debt minus cash.
Latest results
Figures for the half-year ended June 30, 2026, versus the half-year ended June 30, 2025 (SEC filings):
Compared with the previous close (March 31, 2026), this is what moved in its accounts:
Automatic comparison between the two most recent periods filed with the SEC. One quarter doesn't make a trend: read it alongside the historical evolution above.
$3.3
per share, yearly
49.3% of earnings
Payout
at least 18 straight years raising it
Growth
That is what we can verify in the SEC filings, whose structured data only starts in 2008 and which many companies begin tagging later. The real streak may be considerably longer.
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In terms of business quality, Waste Management Inc scores 75 out of 100 in our analysis, placing it as a company of high fundamental quality. That said, this isn't a recommendation: whether it's a good investment also depends on its current price and your goals.
Is Waste Management Inc a profitable company?
Yes. Waste Management Inc shows a net margin of 11.1% and an ROE of 28.7%, a sign of a profitable business.
Does Waste Management Inc have a lot of debt?
Yes, its leverage is high: net debt is 3.06 times its EBITDA, and it has been rising.
Is Waste Management Inc growing?
Its revenue has grown 10% annualized in recent years and its earnings per share 13.5%, and without interruption since 2020.
Does Waste Management Inc generate cash?
Yes. It converts about 13.9% of its revenue into free cash flow, and has done so positively year after year.
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