Waste Management Inc
$109.99B- Market cap
- $87.29B
- Debt
- +$22.91B
- Cash
- −$201.00M
Capital structure 79% equity / 21% debt · EV / Revenue 4.36x · EV / EBITDA 23.04x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: WM stock price vs AAP: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at AAP's multiple
Needs AAP P/E.
Implied fair value · at WM's multiple
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: WM FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · AAP FY 2026 (ended Jan 3, 2026). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 79% equity / 21% debt · EV / Revenue 4.36x · EV / EBITDA 23.04x
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC · implied price per share
Bear
$28.10
Base
$44.57
Bull
$66.79
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC. · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
2.29x
1.55x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
4.76x
1.24x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$201.00M
$3.12B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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