WM PEER ANALYSIS

Waste Management Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

WMWaste Management Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Industrials · Waste Management

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Overall Profile & Returns

· Waste Management

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

WMIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	WM	VIE	WCN	GFL	CWY	SES	Ind. Median
P/E	33.86	22.13●	41.71	112.08	44.57	44.19	41.02
P/B	9.44	3.83	5.44	2.85	1.78●	6.82	4.10
EV/EBITDA	15.84	7.41●	17.89	14.01	12.45	13.39	14.49
P/S	3.72	0.61	4.58	3.10	1.32	-6.28●	2.25

Financial Health
Metric	WM	VIE	WCN	GFL	CWY	SES	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.93	0.86	0.69	1.51●	0.93	1.37	1.38
Debt/Equity	228.4%	474.8%	117.1%	135.9%	96.5%●	151.4%	109.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.07	3.59	3.14	4.06	4.28	2.28●	3.07

Profitability
Metric	WM	VIE	WCN	GFL	CWY	SES	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.0%●	2.7%	11.0%	3.1%	3.0%	-14.2%	3.0%
ROE	29.9%●	12.2%	13.1%	2.7%	4.0%	13.7%	12.7%
ROA	6.2%●	1.7%	5.1%	1.0%	1.8%	4.6%	3.1%
EBITDA Margin	29.1%	15.9%	31.1%	31.1%●	16.1%	-56.5%	19.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WM	VIE	WCN	GFL	CWY	SES	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	10.9%●	-0.7%	5.5%	-6.2%	6.7%	—	3.2%
NI Growth	4.4%	10.9%	67.1%●	—	-22.8%	-39.4%	1.1%
Div. Yield	1.5%	4.1%●	0.6%	0.2%	2.8%	1.8%	1.3%
Payout	49.5%	13.4%	32.3%	14.7%	95.4%	74.2%	33.4%

Valuation
Metric	WM	RSG	CLH	Ind. Median
P/E	33.86	31.40●	40.33	41.02
P/B	9.44	5.69●	5.75	4.10
EV/EBITDA	15.84	13.32●	15.78	14.49
P/S	3.72	4.08	2.63●	2.25

Financial Health
Metric	WM	RSG	CLH	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.93	0.67	2.34●	1.38
Debt/Equity	228.4%	4.6%●	109.6%	109.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.07	0.03●	2.04	3.07

Profitability
Metric	WM	RSG	CLH	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.0%	13.0%●	6.5%	3.0%
ROE	29.9%●	18.3%	14.8%	12.7%
ROA	6.2%	6.4%●	5.3%	3.1%
EBITDA Margin	29.1%	30.7%●	19.2%	19.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WM	RSG	CLH	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	10.9%●	3.2%	1.9%	3.2%
NI Growth	4.4%●	4.1%	1.1%	1.1%
Div. Yield	1.5%●	1.2%	—	1.3%
Payout	49.5%	34.6%	—	33.4%

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