About the Waste Management Industry
The Waste Management industry includes 19 U.S.-listed companies in the Industrials sector with a combined market capitalization of $259.38B. The largest are Waste Management, Inc. (WM, $96.99B), Republic Services, Inc. (RSG, $74.23B) and Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN, $47.03B), together 84% of the industry's value.
9 of the 19 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 34.0. 4 of 19 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 0.90% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 9.8%, and 7 of 19 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 4.1% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 9 of 19
- Median gross margin
- 29.0%
- Median net profit margin
- -0.6%
- Median return on equity
- -2.6%
Longest dividend growth streak: Republic Services, Inc. (RSG), 22 consecutive years.


















