What is WM's five-year median P/E?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 33.3× 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 P/E of 32.5x is lower than 60% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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P/E 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	P/E	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	34.4×	62%
Dec 30, 2024	30.8×	36%
Dec 25, 2023	31.7×	63%
Dec 26, 2022	29.2×	50%
Dec 27, 2021	40.4×	96%
Dec 28, 2020	33.3×	94%
Dec 30, 2019	28.1×	87%
Dec 31, 2018	17.2×	2%
Dec 25, 2017	27.8×	72%
Dec 26, 2016	28.3×	76%

Peers on the same measure

Stock	P/E	5-year rank
ROLRollins, Inc.	30.4×	2%
RSGRepublic Services	32.7×	53%
VLTOVeralto	26.1×	32%
ADPAutomatic Data Processing	26.9×	22%

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What is WM's current P/E?: WM's P/E of 32.5x is lower than 60% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is WM's five-year median P/E?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 33.3× 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.