Waste Management, Inc. operates within the Refuse systems sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Waste Management with three other water companies in North America: Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP (2018 sales of $4.40 billion of which 83% was Sanitation), Republic Services, Inc. ($10.04 billion of which 30% was Small-container), and Waste Connections Inc which is based in Canada (6.40 billion Canadian Dollars [US$4.81 billion] of which 23% was Operating segment-Southern).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Waste Management were $14.91 billion. This is an increase of 3.0% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $14.49 billion. This was the third consecutive year of growth at Waste Management. The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, Waste Management had sales of $13.98 billion. Sales of Solid Waste saw an increase of 3.7% in 2018, from $12.17 billion to $12.62 billion. Not all segments of Waste Management experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Other fell 1.1% to $2.29 billion.