Waste Management Inc
$110.24B- Market cap
- $87.53B
- Debt
- +$22.91B
- Cash
- −$201.00M
Capital structure 79% equity / 21% debt · EV / Revenue 4.37x · EV / EBITDA 23.10x
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FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: WM stock price at premium vs CAR $218.99 current versus $26.52 implied using P/S multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at CAR's multiple
Implied fair value · at WM's multiple
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: WM FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · CAR FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Five 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 4.37x · EV / EBITDA 23.10x
Capital structure 45% equity / 55% debt · EV / Revenue 0.90x · EV / EBITDA 16.31x
WM carries the larger enterprise value at $110.24B against $10.45B; CAR trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (0.90x vs 4.37x); CAR on the lower EV / EBITDA (16.31x vs 23.10x).
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
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, 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
-1.94x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
4.76x
8.66x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$201.00M
$519.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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