Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 17 consecutive years, with $67.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 103.03% to $67.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $308.0 million through Dec 2025, up 214.29% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $308.0 million for FY2025, 214.29% up from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes hit $67.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from $162.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $162.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$53.0 million in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged $22.7 million across 5 years, with a median of $26.5 million in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Deferred Taxes: soared 481.82% in 2023 and later crashed 290.91% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Deferred Taxes stood at $36.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 102.78% to $73.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 80.82% to $14.0 million in 2023, then surged by 135.71% to $33.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 103.03% to $67.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Deferred Taxes for WM at $67.0 million in Q4 2025, $162.0 million in Q3 2025, and $20.0 million in Q2 2025.