Waste Management
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services across the United States and Canada, serving residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers. Its five reportable segments are Collection and Disposal—East Tier and West Tier, Recycling Processing… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, Waste Management reported revenue of $25.20B, up 14.2% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $2.71B. Its operating margin was 17.1%, and operations generated $6.04B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $25.67B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Waste Management does
In the company’s own words
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services across the United States and Canada, serving residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers. Its five reportable segments are Collection and Disposal—East Tier and West Tier, Recycling Processing and Sales, Renewable Energy, and Healthcare Solutions. Recycling operations process and sell recovered materials; Renewable Energy converts landfill gas into renewable natural gas, electricity and related credits; and Healthcare Solutions, expanded through the 2024 acquisition of Stericycle, provides regulated waste and compliance services and secure information destruction in North America and Western Europe. As of December 31, 2025, the company owned or operated 257 landfills and 342 transfer stations, and had approximately 60,500 full-time employees. It also operated 113 recycling facilities and 49 organics recycling facilities. Its website is www.wm.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry (SIC)
- Electric, Gas & Water
- Headquarters
- HOUSTON, TX
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 823768
- SIC
- 4953
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Waste Management — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Waste Management’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Waste Management’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 24 issues of Waste Management’s debt, $1.64B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.32%, maturing 2027 to 2054.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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