Waste Management WM
NYSE WM
$224.06 -0.86 (-0.38%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Waste Management (WM) posted Gross Margin of 40.83% for Q2 2026, little changed sequentially from 40.68% in Q1 2026, and down 3.0% YoY from 42.09% in Q2 2025.

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

Waste Management has reported Gross Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 40.83% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 3.0% year-over-year to 40.83% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 40.88% (down 1295.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 40.44%, up 110.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin held at 40.83% in Q2 2026 per WM's latest filing, from 40.68% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 95.86% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 36.92% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 42.29% and a median of 39.27% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Gross Margin jumped 5616 bps in 2024, then sank 5436 bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 37.33% in 2022, then advanced by 6 bps to 39.7% in 2023, then jumped by 141 bps to 95.86% in 2024, then tumbled by 57 bps to 41.5% in 2025, then declined by 2 bps to 40.83% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 40.83%, 40.68%, and 41.5% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Waste Management 89.87 Bn 89.31 Bn 2.73 Bn 40.83%
2 Republic Services 67.76 Bn 67.65 Bn 1.87 Bn 42.14%
3 Waste Connections 43.02 Bn 42.93 Bn 1.08 Bn 42.25%
4 Clean Harbors 16.72 Bn 16.20 Bn 608.78 Mn 35.09%
5 GFL Environmental 14.88 Bn 14.69 Bn 278.90 Mn 19.81%
6 Casella Waste Systems 5.85 Bn 5.83 Bn 178.80 Mn 32.88%
7 Sino Green Land 972.56 Mn 972.48 Mn -78,936.00 -23.58%
8 Onterris 564.12 Mn 550.43 Mn 82.26 Mn 44.07%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 341.45 Mn 307.49 Mn -2.50 Mn -19.43%
10 American Battery Technology 339.53 Mn 300.24 Mn 737,749.00 9.44%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 40.83%
Mar 31, 2026 40.68%
Dec 31, 2025 41.50%
Sep 30, 2025 40.51%
Jun 30, 2025 40.86%
Mar 31, 2025 39.98%
Dec 31, 2024 95.86%
Sep 30, 2024 39.40%
Jun 30, 2024 39.08%
Mar 31, 2024 39.14%
Dec 31, 2023 39.70%
Sep 30, 2023 38.67%
Jun 30, 2023 37.76%
Mar 31, 2023 36.92%
Dec 31, 2022 37.33%
Sep 30, 2022 37.81%
Jun 30, 2022 37.50%
Mar 31, 2022 37.72%
Dec 31, 2021 36.83%
Sep 30, 2021 37.71%