Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Inventory Average (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Inventory Average for 17 consecutive years, with $224.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Inventory Average rose 14.87% to $224.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $224.0 million through Dec 2025, up 14.87% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $215.5 million for FY2025, 13.72% up from the prior year.
  • Inventory Average hit $224.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, roughly flat from $223.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Inventory Average ranged from a high of $224.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $124.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Inventory Average has averaged $171.9 million across 5 years, with a median of $171.2 million in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Inventory Average: increased 23.26% in 2022 and later grew 6.38% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Inventory Average stood at $133.5 million in 2021, then grew by 20.97% to $161.5 million in 2022, then increased by 7.74% to $174.0 million in 2023, then increased by 12.07% to $195.0 million in 2024, then increased by 14.87% to $224.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Inventory Average for WM at $224.0 million in Q4 2025, $223.5 million in Q3 2025, and $221.0 million in Q2 2025.