Waste Management Inc's ROA from the third quarter of 2026 to the third quarter of 2025 and 5 Year Period

Return on Assets, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is Waste Management Inc's ROA in the third quarter of 2026?
Waste Management Inc achieved a return on average assets (ROA) of 5.7 % in its third quarter of 2026, this is above WM's average return on assets of 4.98%.
Waste Management Incs assets during the 12 months ending in the third quarter of 2026 are valued at $53 billion

ROA has improved compared to 5.39% in the second quarter of 2026, due to net income growth.

However, within the Services sector 117 other companies had a higher return on assets. While Return on assets, overall ranking has advanced in the Sep 30 2026 quarter, so far to 1025, from total ROA ranking in the second quarter of 2026 at 1209.

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Return On Assets	(Sep 30 2026) III. Quarter	(Jun 30 2026) II. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) I. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) IV. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) III. Quarter
Y / Y Total Assets Change	8.42 %	7.91 %	5.34 %	60.31 %	31.44 %
Y / Y Net Income Change	35.99 %	8.12 %	13.5 %	24.08 %	-20.66 %
Net Income (TTM) in million	3,071	2,854	2,795	2,709	2,565
Return On Assets (TTM)	5.7 %	5.39 %	5.37 %	5.26 %	5.73 %
WM's Total Ranking	# 1025	# 1209	# 1078	# 969	# 928
Total Assets (TTM) in million	48,940	48,816	46,354	71,444	45,140
Seq. Total Assets Change	0.25 %	5.31 %	-35.12 %	58.27 %	-0.21 %
Seq. Net Income Change	4.33 %	8.71 %	-2.56 %	23.05 %	-17.06 %

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Return On Assets Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 0
Sector	# 118
Overall	# 933

Return On Assets Statistics
High	Average	Low
10.37 %	4.98 %	-13.06 %
(Sep 30 2018)		(March 31, 2009)

Financial Statements
Waste Management Inc's Assets	$ 48,940 million	WM's Balance sheet
Waste Management Inc's Income	$ 820 million	Quarterly WM's Income Statement
WM's Income by Division		See WM's Income by Division

Annual Return On Assets	(Dec 31 2025) FY 2025	(Dec 31 2024) FY 2024	(Dec 31 2023) FY 2023	(Dec 31 2022) FY 2022	(Dec 31 2021) FY 2021
Y / Y Total Assets Change	4 %	35.78 %	4.64 %	7.8 %	-0.85 %
Total Assets in million	46,348	44,567	32,823	31,367	29,097
Y / Y Net Income Change	-1.31 %	20.61 %	1.61 %	23.28 %	21.46 %
Net Income in million	2,709	2,745	2,276	2,240	1,817
Annual Return On Assets	5.84 %	6.16 %	6.93 %	7.14 %	6.24 %

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Comment on WM's ROA in the fiscal year ending 2025

In the fiscal year 2025 Waste Management Inc's ROA decreased compared to previous year to 5.84 %, due to deterioration of net income -1.31 % to $2,709.00 million, from $2,745.00 million a year ago, as WM's assets were $46,348.00 million.

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Date modified: 2026-10-29T17:22:28+00:00

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