Waste Management (WM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management (WM) recorded Operating Margin of 18.75% in Q2 2026, up 0.85 percentage points from 17.90% a year earlier and up 0.87 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Waste Management's Operating Margin came in at 17.57% as of Jun 30, 2026, up 0.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 17.09%, down 1.32 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has a five-year change of +1.10 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Operating Margin came in at 18.42% in FY2024 (+0.91 pp), 17.50% in FY2023 (+0.42 pp), 17.08% in FY2022 (+0.55 pp) and 16.54% in FY2021 (+0.54 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.35 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Margin in the last five years was a gain of 2.83 percentage points in Q1 2024, against a drop of 4.60 percentage points in Q3 2025 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 17.87% (Q1 2026), 18.30% (Q4 2025) and 15.35% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 94.52 Bn | 93.36 Bn | 2.75 Bn | 18.68% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.60 Bn | 75.21 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 20.20% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.74 Bn | 47.38 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 20.54% |
| 4 | GFL Environmental | 16.98 Bn | 14.99 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Clean Harbors | 15.14 Bn | 12.48 Bn | 661.44 Mn | 17.02% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 6.31 Bn | 5.43 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 3.67% |
| 7 | Onterris | 829.12 Mn | 775.01 Mn | 88.27 Mn | 6.05% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 330.79 Mn | 223.53 Mn | 552,000.00 | -20.43% |
| 9 | Comstock | 147.04 Mn | 6.26 Mn | -606,061.00 | 588.94% |
| 10 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 109.56 Mn | 109.56 Mn | 707,000.00 | -245.94% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 18.68% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.75% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.87% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.30% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.35% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 17.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.59% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.95% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.68% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.69% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.64% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 16.86% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.50% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 18.56% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.70% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.48% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.35% |
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Waste Management Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "WM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();