Waste Management (WM) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's Dividend Yield came in at 1.60% for Q2 2026, up 0.22 percentage points from 1.38% a year earlier and up 0.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Waste Management's Dividend Yield was 1.51%, up 0.01 percentage points from FY2024.
- Dividend Yield carries a five-year change of -0.35 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Dividend Yield was 1.49% in FY2024 (-0.09 pp), 1.58% in FY2023 (-0.10 pp), 1.68% in FY2022 (+0.29 pp) and 1.40% in FY2021 (-0.46 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q3 2023.
- Year-over-year, Dividend Yield has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.01 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Dividend Yield over five years came in Q4 2022 (a gain of 0.29 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a drop of 0.46 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows WM's Dividend Yield at 1.50% (Q1 2026), 1.51% (Q4 2025) and 1.46% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 82.59 Bn | 81.50 Bn | 2.73 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 65.21 Bn | 64.82 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 39.38 Bn | 39.00 Bn | 1.08 Bn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.54 Bn | 13.55 Bn | 608.78 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.37 Bn | 13.05 Bn | 385.80 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.11 Bn | 4.23 Bn | 178.80 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 512.61 Mn | 471.88 Mn | 82.26 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.69 Mn | 223.25 Mn | -2.50 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 204.72 Mn | 204.72 Mn | 707,000.00 |
| 10 | Comstock | 185.32 Mn | 188.64 Mn | -896,073.00 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.60% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.50% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.51% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.46% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.38% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.33% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.49% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.43% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.37% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.83% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.57% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.64% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.68% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.60% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.62% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.40% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.54% |
API Access
Waste Management Dividend Yield 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-yield&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "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-yield&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();