Waste Management (WM) Operating Income (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Operating Income came in at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, up 9.87% year-on-year from $1.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 3.64% quarter-over-quarter from $1.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Operating Income (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Operating Income across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Income for Q1 2026 came in at $1.1 billion, up 9.87% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.4 billion (up 8.57% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.3 billion, up 6.03% from the prior year.
  • Operating Income came in at $1.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Income ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $765.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Income is $989.0 million (2025), against an average of $966.1 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Income reached 25.68% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 11.62% in 2025.
  • Waste Management's Operating Income stood at $765.0 million in 2022, then rose by 2.61% to $785.0 million in 2023, then gained by 17.07% to $919.0 million in 2024, then gained by 25.68% to $1.2 billion in 2025, then slipped by 3.64% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Income figures came in at $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), $1.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $989.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Op. Inc (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -181.94 Mn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 364.08 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 118.94 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 4.86 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 -34.41 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 1.11 Bn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -7.48 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 989.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.01 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 919.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.12 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 785.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 944.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 825.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 765.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 942.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 890.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 768.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 718.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 806.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 791.00 Mn