Waste Management (WM) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's Dividends Paid - Common came in at $379 million for Q2 2026, up 13.8% from $333 million a year earlier but down 1.6% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Waste Management reported Dividends Paid - Common of $1.43 billion, up 12.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1.33 billion, up 10.2% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common has increased in each of the last ten years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Dividends Paid - Common was $1.21 billion in FY2024 (+6.5%), $1.14 billion in FY2023 (+5.5%), $1.08 billion in FY2022 (+11.0%) and $970 million in FY2021 (+4.6%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Dividends Paid - Common is $240 million (Q4 2021) to $385 million (Q1 2026).
- Year-over-year, Dividends Paid - Common has increased for 42 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 10.4% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common ranged from 3.9% (Q4 2021) to 14.6% (Q1 2026).
- Business Quant data shows WM's Dividends Paid - Common at $385 million (Q1 2026), $333 million (Q4 2025) and $332 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.64 Bn | 80.55 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 379.00 Mn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.27 Bn | 63.89 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 192.00 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.82 Bn | 38.45 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 88.36 Mn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.38 Bn | 13.39 Bn | 608.78 Mn | - |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.51 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 385.80 Mn | - |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.03 Bn | 4.15 Bn | 178.80 Mn | - |
| 7 | Onterris | 470.12 Mn | 429.40 Mn | 82.26 Mn | - |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.90 Mn | 223.46 Mn | -2.50 Mn | - |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 182.23 Mn | 182.23 Mn | 707,000.00 | - |
| 10 | Comstock | 177.73 Mn | 181.05 Mn | -896,073.00 | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 379.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 385.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 333.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 332.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 333.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 336.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 301.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 301.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 301.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 307.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 281.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 283.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 283.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 289.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 266.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 267.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 269.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 275.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 240.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 241.00 Mn |
API Access
Waste Management Dividends Paid - Common 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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();