What is WM's five-year median EV/Sales?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 4.5× over the last five years. Available history contains 860 weekly observations from May 3, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Waste Management (WM) valuation history

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As of Oct 22, 2026

WM's EV/Sales of 4.5x is lower than 51% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/Sales at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

WM year-end valuation history
Reading date	EV/Sales	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	4.5×	47%
Dec 30, 2024	4.6×	65%
Dec 25, 2023	4.4×	76%
Dec 26, 2022	4.1×	62%
Dec 27, 2021	4.8×	98%
Dec 28, 2020	4.0×	94%
Dec 30, 2019	3.9×	93%
Dec 31, 2018	3.3×	93%
Dec 25, 2017	3.3×	100%
Dec 26, 2016	3.1×	100%

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/Sales	5-year rank
ROLRollins, Inc.	4.3×	2%
RSGRepublic Services	5.0×	82%
VLTOVeralto	4.7×	40%
ADPAutomatic Data Processing	5.5×	37%

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What is WM's current EV/Sales?: WM's EV/Sales of 4.5x is lower than 51% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is WM's five-year median EV/Sales?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 4.5× over the last five years. Available history contains 860 weekly observations from May 3, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.