WMWaste Management

$221.26

Is the price fair?

What WM's price assumes

Waste Management trades at 31.3× earnings against 29.9× for the median Industrials name, more expensive than its own group.

31.3

Trailing P/E · Industrials median 29.9 · 1.05× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
3.64

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
4.2%

Free cash flow yield · Industrials median 4.0%

Growth the price implies
+8.1%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +8.1% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +33% a year over the last three.

Details
Price / book2026-Q1
9.23
Industrials median P/E346 names
29.9
Waste Management median P/E5 names
40.8
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$3.57B
Market capitalisation
$86.2B
3-year revenue growth
+8.6%
3-year free cash flow growth
+33%
What the market has paid for these earnings: 38 quarters of its own multiple × $7.06 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$156.44
Its own P/E history, median$201.58
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$224.95
52-week range$194.39 – $244.47
Today$221.26

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.