Waste Management Debt-to-Assets Ratio Growth & History (WM)

Waste Management's debt-to-assets ratio was 0.52 for fiscal 2025.

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Waste Management annual debt-to-assets ratio history

Waste Management annual debt-to-assets ratio

Fiscal yearPeriod endedDebt-to-assets ratioChangeGrowth
20252025-12-310.52−0.04−6.75%
20242024-12-310.560.05+9.68%
20232023-12-310.510.02+3.20%
20222022-12-310.490.02+3.29%
20212021-12-310.48−0.01−1.95%
20202020-12-310.49−0.01−2.86%
20192019-12-310.500.06+13.54%
20182018-12-310.440.01+1.81%
20172017-12-310.43−0.01−2.59%
20162016-12-310.450.01+1.81%
20152015-12-310.44−0.01−1.25%
20142014-12-310.44−0.01−2.36%
20132013-12-310.450.03+5.91%
20122012-12-310.43−0.00−1.13%
20112011-12-310.430.02+4.78%
20102010-12-310.41−0.01−1.50%
20092009-12-310.420.05+13.60%
20082008-12-310.37

Waste Management debt-to-assets ratio trends

Over the last five fiscal years, Waste Management's debt-to-assets ratio increased from 0.49 to 0.52, a change of 0.03. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 0.50.

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What the debt-to-assets ratio means

The debt-to-assets ratio shows the portion of a company’s reported assets financed with interest-bearing debt. It is a leverage measure and should not be confused with total liabilities divided by assets.

Calculation and source

How debt-to-assets is calculated

TickerStat calculates debt-to-assets as total interest-bearing debt divided by total assets at the same reporting-period end. Periods with missing debt or non-positive assets are omitted. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.

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