Waste management
6 companies · $59.1B combined revenue · $10.1B operating profit
The typical US-listed waste management company grew revenue 7% and earnings -1.4% in its latest year, at a 14.1% operating margin, and 0 of 6 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 0% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more33%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue20%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more33%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash17%
Combined revenue · 5 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 6 companies
| Median | – | 7% | -1.4% | 14.1% | 9.7% | 1.04x |
| WMWaste Management | $25.2B | 14.2%▲ | -1.4% | 17.1%▲ | 10.7%▲ | 2.29x▼ |
| RSGRepublic Services | $16.6B | 3.5%▼ | 4.7%▲ | 19.9%▲ | 10.8%▲ | 1.15x▼ |
| WCNWaste Connections | $9.5B | 6.1%▼ | 74.3%▲ | 18.1%▲ | 9%▼ | 1.07x▼ |
| CLHClean Harbors | $6.0B | 2.4%▼ | -2.8%▼ | 11.2%▼ | 10.4%▲ | 1.01x▲ |
| GFLGFL Environmental | CAD 6.6B | 7.8%▲ | – | 10.3%▼ | 3.9%▼ | 1.02x▲ |
| CWSTCasella Waste Systems | $1.8B | 18%▲ | -41.9%▼ | 3.5%▼ | 2.1%▼ | 0.72x▲ |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).