Waste Management price to free cash flow WM

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 26.8×
10-year median: 26.5×
Against its 10-year history: 53rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 18.4× to 52.8×
Peer median: 36.4×

Waste Management's price to free cash flow is 26.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 26.5×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 18.4× in Apr 2020 to 52.8× in May 2025.

The median for 3 waste management stocks of a similar size is 36.4×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 26.5×

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	26.8×	22.9×	38.4×
2025	37.1×	33.5×	52.8×
2024	38.9×	37.4×	46.9×
2023	43.2×	31.3×	47.3×
2022	32.5×	23.2×	35.2×
2021	27.1×	21.9×	32.4×
2020	23.2×	18.4×	29.6×
2019	27.2×	22.4×	28.5×
2018	22.3×	19.5×	23.8×
2017	21.0×	19.2×	22.2×
2016	22.4×	18.3×	22.6×
2015	18.9×	17.0×	21.5×
2014	19.9×	15.8×	19.9×
2013	17.1×	16.6×	23.2×
2012	17.2×	13.8×	17.5×
2011	13.9×	12.0×	15.6×
2010	13.7×	12.4×	14.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
WMWaste Management	26.8×
RSGRepublic Services	27.8×
WCNWaste Connections	38.2×
CLHClean Harbors	36.4×
Peer median	36.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.