Waste Management (WM) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)
Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $20.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 93618.18% to $20.6 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $20.9 billion through Dec 2025, up 372.65% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $20.9 billion for FY2025, 24197.67% up from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses hit $20.6 billion in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from $227.0 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $20.6 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$12.2 billion in Q4 2023.
- Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $2.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $3.8 billion in 2021.
- Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: tumbled 405.56% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 93618.18% in 2025.
- Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $4.0 billion in 2021, then crashed by 405.56% to -$12.1 billion in 2022, then decreased by 0.59% to -$12.2 billion in 2023, then surged by 100.18% to $22.0 million in 2024, then surged by 93618.18% to $20.6 billion in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for WM at $20.6 billion in Q4 2025, $227.0 million in Q3 2025, and $36.0 million in Q2 2025.