Waste Management (WM) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2025)
Waste Management's (WM) Dividend Coverage Ratio came in at 2.07 for Q2 2026, down 5.0% from 2.18 a year earlier but up 10.3% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Dividend Coverage Ratio at Waste Management was 2.00, down 6.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 2.03, down 10.6% from FY2024.
- In prior years, Waste Management's Dividend Coverage Ratio was 2.27 in FY2024 (+11.9%), 2.03 in FY2023 (-2.4%), 2.08 in FY2022 (+11.0%) and 1.87 in FY2021 (+16.0%).
- Quarterly Dividend Coverage Ratio has run from a low of 1.75 in Q4 2023 to a high of 2.52 in Q3 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividend Coverage Ratio increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 2.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Dividend Coverage Ratio in the past five years was Q2 2022, with growth of 50.5%; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a decline of 28.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividend Coverage Ratio for the three prior quarters was 1.88 (Q1 2026), 2.23 (Q4 2025) and 1.82 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 94.39 Bn | 93.32 Bn | 2.75 Bn | - |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.41 Bn | 75.02 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 2.93 |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.83 Bn | 47.48 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 4.06 |
| 4 | GFL Environmental | 15.73 Bn | 15.73 Bn | 304.74 Mn | - |
| 5 | Clean Harbors | 15.30 Bn | 12.64 Bn | 661.44 Mn | - |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.92 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 184.65 Mn | - |
| 7 | Onterris | 832.01 Mn | 777.91 Mn | 88.27 Mn | - |
| 8 | Enviri | 710.17 Mn | 67.28 Mn | -162.22 Mn | - |
| 9 | Oio | 619.48 Mn | 617.91 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 328.26 Mn | 221.00 Mn | 552,000.00 | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.23 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.82 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.18 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.90 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.99 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.52 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.26 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.31 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.75 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.34 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.17 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.84 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.88 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.39 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.18 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.87 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.11 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.23 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.45 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.70 |
API Access
Waste Management Dividend Coverage Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-coverage-ratio&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-coverage-ratio", "ticker": "WM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-coverage-ratio&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();