Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Operating Income (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management's Operating Income history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$2.4 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Income fell 0.62% year-over-year to -$2.4 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $720.0 million, down 0.83%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $720.0 million, 0.83% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Income for Q4 2025 was -$2.4 billion at Waste Management, down from $989.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $1.2 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$2.4 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Income is $857.5 million (2022), against an average of $567.6 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Income skyrocketed 50.09% in 2021 before it crashed 408.03% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at $718.0 million in 2021, then increased by 6.55% to $765.0 million in 2022, then grew by 2.61% to $785.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 408.03% to -$2.4 billion in 2024, then dropped by 0.62% to -$2.4 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WM's Operating Income are -$2.4 billion (Q4 2025), $989.0 million (Q3 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q2 2025).