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

Waste Management has disclosed Net Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 11.61% for Q1 2026.

• Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 11.61%, up 103.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.43% (up 76.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.19%, down 25.0% from the prior year.
• Net Margin came in at 11.61% for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from 17.5% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 17.5% in Q4 2025 to a low of 46.18% in Q4 2023.
• The 5-year median for Net Margin is 11.61% (2026), against an average of 8.54%.
• Across the five-year window, Net Margin sank 5631 bps in 2023 and soared 5632 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Waste Management's Net Margin stood at 10.13% in 2022, then plunged by 556 bps to 46.18% in 2023, then surged by 122 bps to 10.15% in 2024, then soared by 72 bps to 17.5% in 2025, then plunged by 34 bps to 11.61% in 2026.
• The last three Net Margin figures came in at 11.61% (Q1 2026), 17.5% (Q4 2025), and 9.36% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.