Waste Management (WM) Intangibles (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Intangibles came in at $3.7 billion in Q1 2026, down 8.74% year-on-year from $4.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 2.73% quarter-over-quarter from $3.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Intangibles (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Intangibles across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.7 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Intangibles for Q1 2026 came in at $3.7 billion, down 8.74% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.7 billion (down 8.74% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.8 billion, down 10.05% from the prior year.
  • Intangibles came in at $3.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from $3.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Intangibles ranged from a high of $4.2 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $19.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Intangibles is $834.0 million (2022), against an average of $1.8 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Intangibles tumbled 97.88% in 2022 and surged 3894.74% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's Intangibles stood at $19.0 million in 2022, then soared by 3894.74% to $759.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 451.78% to $4.2 billion in 2024, then declined by 10.05% to $3.8 billion in 2025, then decreased by 2.73% to $3.7 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Intangibles figures came in at $3.7 billion (Q1 2026), $3.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Intangibles (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 1.74 Bn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 1.96 Bn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 679.08 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 272.48 Mn
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 737,749.00 866,248.00
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 3.66 Bn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn 503,000.00
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 4.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 4.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 742.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 753.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 728.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 759.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 779.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 809.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 823.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 19.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 847.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 834.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 868.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 898.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 919.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 956.00 Mn