Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Other Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Other Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $19.9 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Other Operating Expenses rose 14864.44% to $19.9 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $18.1 billion through Dec 2025, up 560.22% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $18.1 billion for FY2025, 69603.85% up from the prior year.
  • Other Operating Expenses hit $19.9 billion in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from -$452.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Other Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $19.9 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$12.7 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Other Operating Expenses has averaged $1.5 billion across 5 years, with a median of $3.3 billion in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Other Operating Expenses: crashed 463.16% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 14864.44% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Other Operating Expenses stood at $3.5 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 463.16% to -$12.6 billion in 2022, then decreased by 0.78% to -$12.7 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 98.94% to -$135.0 million in 2024, then surged by 14864.44% to $19.9 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Other Operating Expenses for WM at $19.9 billion in Q4 2025, -$452.0 million in Q3 2025, and -$672.0 million in Q2 2025.