Waste Management (WM) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's EBT Margin came in at 15.32% for Q2 2026, up 0.89 percentage points from 14.43% a year earlier and up 1.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Waste Management (WM) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Waste Management reported EBT Margin of 14.12%, down 0.12 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 13.59%, down 2.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin carries a five-year change of +1.15 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, EBT Margin was 15.67% in FY2024 (+0.88 pp), 14.79% in FY2023 (-0.02 pp), 14.81% in FY2022 (+1.71 pp) and 13.10% in FY2021 (+0.66 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly EBT Margin since Q3 2024.
- Year-over-year, EBT Margin has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.76 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBT Margin over five years came in Q2 2022 (a gain of 5.25 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a drop of 5.71 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows WM's EBT Margin at 14.31% (Q1 2026), 14.81% (Q4 2025) and 12.03% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 82.59 Bn | 81.50 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 15.32% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 65.21 Bn | 64.82 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 15.78% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 39.38 Bn | 39.00 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 14.98% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.54 Bn | 13.55 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 13.38% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.37 Bn | 13.05 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -9.45% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.11 Bn | 4.23 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 0.62% |
| 7 | Onterris | 512.61 Mn | 471.88 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 0.92% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.69 Mn | 223.25 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -48.60% |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 204.72 Mn | 204.72 Mn | 707,000.00 | -230.17% |
| 10 | Comstock | 185.32 Mn | 188.64 Mn | -896,073.00 | -9,797.26% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.32% |
| 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 | 12.34% |
| 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% |
Waste Management EBT Margin 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
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "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=ebt-margin&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();