Waste Management (WM) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 14.31% in Q1 2026, up 121.0% year-on-year from 6.47% in Q1 2025, and down 3.39% quarter-over-quarter from 14.81% in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed EBT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 14.31% for Q1 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 14.31%, up 121.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 13.89% (down 85.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.59%, down 208.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin came in at 14.31% for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from 14.81% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 17.74% in Q3 2024 to a low of 42.82% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 14.43% (2025), against an average of 11.46%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin tumbled 5585 bps in 2023 and surged 5470 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's EBT Margin stood at 13.03% in 2022, then plunged by 429 bps to 42.82% in 2023, then soared by 128 bps to 11.88% in 2024, then grew by 25 bps to 14.81% in 2025, then declined by 3 bps to 14.31% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 14.31% (Q1 2026), 14.81% (Q4 2025), and 12.03% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -16.56%
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 11.96%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 5.78%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -1.93%
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -436.17%
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 14.31%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -66.29%
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.31%
Dec 31, 2025 14.81%
Sep 30, 2025 12.03%
Jun 30, 2025 14.43%
Mar 31, 2025 13.09%
Dec 31, 2024 11.88%
Sep 30, 2024 17.74%
Jun 30, 2024 16.55%
Mar 31, 2024 16.84%
Dec 31, 2023 -42.82%
Sep 30, 2023 16.78%
Jun 30, 2023 15.80%
Mar 31, 2023 14.23%
Dec 31, 2022 13.03%
Sep 30, 2022 16.32%
Jun 30, 2022 15.44%
Mar 31, 2022 14.40%
Dec 31, 2021 13.72%
Sep 30, 2021 15.13%
Jun 30, 2021 10.19%