Waste Management (WM) Intangibles (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management (WM) posted Intangibles of $3.54 billion for Q3 2026, down 8.5% from $3.87 billion a year earlier and down 2.7% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Intangibles (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Waste Management's Intangibles came in at $3.77 billion, down 10.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Intangibles shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 29.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Waste Management's Intangibles was $4.19 billion in FY2024 (+451.8%), $759 million in FY2023 (-8.2%), $827 million in FY2022 (-7.9%) and $898 million in FY2021 (-12.3%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Intangibles since Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Intangibles has declined in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 214.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Intangibles in the past five years was Q4 2024, with growth of 451.8%; the weakest was Q2 2022, with a decline of 12.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Intangibles for the three prior quarters was $3.64 billion (Q2 2026), $3.66 billion (Q1 2026) and $3.77 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Intangibles (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 93.34 Bn | 92.18 Bn | 2.75 Bn | 3.54 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.09 Bn | 74.70 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 779.00 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.35 Bn | 46.99 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 1.97 Bn |
| 4 | GFL Environmental | 15.32 Bn | 15.00 Bn | - | 1.28 Bn |
| 5 | Clean Harbors | 15.15 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 661.44 Mn | 866.76 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.92 Bn | 5.04 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 341.59 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 802.59 Mn | 748.49 Mn | 88.27 Mn | 112.70 Mn |
| 8 | Enviri | 690.70 Mn | 1.79 Mn | -162.22 Mn | 14.10 Mn |
| 9 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 316.78 Mn | 209.52 Mn | 552,000.00 | 10.93 Mn |
| 10 | Comstock | 137.16 Mn | -3.62 Mn | -606,061.00 | 10.80 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.54 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.64 Bn |
| 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 | 827.00 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 |
API Access
Waste Management Intangibles 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=intangibles&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "intangibles", "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=intangibles&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();