Waste Management, Inc.
Waste Management, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Refuse Systems (industry code 4953), based in Houston, TX. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $25 billion and a profit of $2.7 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a usage business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4953, Refuse Systems); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 5.8 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 5.2 out of ten, present 6.1 out of ten, future 5.9 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 2.3 out of ten. 1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-07-15. 23rd percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 5.8 out of ten. +7.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 58th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 8.3 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.9% a year. 32% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 35 sales, 1 purchases. 83rd percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 5.4 out of ten. ROE 27%: 27¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar. 54th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 6.8 out of ten. top 32% of 10 in its family; net margin 10.7%. 68th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 5.5 out of ten. top 45% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016. 55th percentile among 6 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 4.7 out of ten. bottom 47% of 10 in its family for room to expand. 47th percentile among 10 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 6.6 out of ten. top 34% of 9 in its family for growth drivers. 66th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 5.6 out of ten. top 44% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality. 56th percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-09 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-29 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-28 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-09-08. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: East Tier Region Areas 36%, West Tier Region Areas 35%, All Other 12%, Healthcare Solutions 10%, Recycling Processing and Sales 6%, Renewable Energy 2%. By geography: United States 95%, Canada 4%, Western Europe and other 1%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-09).
Who runs it
Fish, James C Jr (Chief Executive Officer); Morris, John J (President); Reed, David L. (EVP & CFO); Hmmer, Tara J. (EVP & Chief Operating Officer); Carroll, John A. (VP & Chief Accounting Officer); Stith, Kimberly G. (SVP - Chief HR Officer); Varkey, Johnson (SVP-Chief Information Officer); Boettcher, Charles C (EVP, Chief Legal Officer); Watson, Michael J. (Sr. VP-Chief Customer Officer); Carrasco, Rafael (SVP of Enterprise Strategy); and 11 more. 21 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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