Waste Management Inc
N/MPrice / tangible book
Market cap
$87.53B
Tangible equity
-$7.66B
Price / tangible book
N/M
Price / book
8.76x
Return on equity
27.1%
Return on assets
5.9%
Efficiency ratio
—
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FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: WM stock price at premium vs AXP $218.99 current versus $142.09 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at AXP's multiple
Implied fair value · at WM's multiple
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
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Multiple premium
Multiple discount
Profitability lag
Asset efficiency edge
Lower is better
Statements
Bank-focused income statement and equity metrics aligned to the reporting windows.
SEC periods: WM FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · AXP FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Eight fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Tangible book and profitability anchor a bank, not enterprise value.
Deposits and cash-like balances distort enterprise value for banks, so this section reads equity value, tangible book and profitability instead.
Price / tangible book
Market cap
$87.53B
Tangible equity
-$7.66B
Price / tangible book
N/M
Price / book
8.76x
Return on equity
27.1%
Return on assets
5.9%
Efficiency ratio
—
Price / tangible book
Market cap
$220.26B
Tangible equity
$28.51B
Price / tangible book
7.73x
Price / book
6.58x
Return on equity
32.4%
Return on assets
3.6%
Efficiency ratio
66.1%
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
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO · implied price per share
Bank model off — standard DCF modelling is disabled for financial institutions.
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
1.73x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
4.76x
2.61x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$201.00M
$742.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
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