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Waste Management forward PE WM

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
28.1×
10-year median
26.9×
Against its 10-year history
62nd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
20.4× to 32.7×
Peer median
31.8×

Waste Management's forward PE is 28.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 26.9×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 20.4× in Nov 2016 to 32.7× in Feb 2020.

The median for 3 waste management stocks of a similar size is 31.8×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far28.1×23.9×30.8×
202528.2×25.5×31.7×
202428.0×26.4×31.4×
202326.5×23.5×28.0×
202226.8×25.0×30.4×
202131.4×23.0×31.9×
202025.4×23.2×32.7×
201929.2×21.9×29.6×
201821.2×20.5×24.9×
201724.0×21.8×24.0×
201622.8×19.7×23.5×
201520.4×19.1×23.5×
201422.7×18.3×22.7×
201319.8×15.5×20.3×
201215.2×14.3×16.6×
201115.4×13.8×18.1×
201017.6×15.3×17.6×
200916.6×12.1×17.3×
200815.9×12.6×19.2×
200715.9×15.8×20.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Waste Management nearest Waste Management's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
WMWaste Management28.1×
RSGRepublic Services31.5×
WCNWaste Connections32.1×
CLHClean Harborsn/m
Peer median31.8×

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What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.