Waste Management PE ratio WM

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 33.9×
10-year median: 30.6×
Against its 10-year history: 74th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 16.1× to 43.6×
Peer median: 38.6×

Waste Management's PE ratio is 33.9× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $239.38 against $7.06 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 30.6×, higher than on 74% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.1× in Oct 2018 to 43.6× in Oct 2021.

The median for 3 waste management stocks of a similar size is 38.6×.

PE ratio over time

median 30.6×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	33.9×	29.0×	36.7×
2025	34.8×	30.8×	36.3×
2024	31.2×	31.2×	37.7×
2023	31.7×	27.4×	31.8×
2022	29.2×	29.0×	39.2×
2021	40.4×	31.4×	43.6×
2020	33.3×	22.8×	34.4×
2019	27.8×	17.2×	29.1×
2018	16.7×	16.1×	28.9×
2017	27.8×	25.6×	28.1×
2016	28.3×	22.0×	35.4×
2015	22.8×	18.8×	230×
2014	223×	21.0×	223×
2013	22.7×	18.3×	24.2×
2012	18.0×	15.8×	18.3×
2011	15.9×	14.7×	19.7×
2010	18.2×	15.2×	18.2×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
WMWaste Management	33.9×
RSGRepublic Services	34.1×
WCNWaste Connections	45.0×
CLHClean Harbors	38.6×
Peer median	38.6×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.