Waste Management (WM) Payables (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management (WM) reported Payables of $1.99 billion for Q2 2026, down 1.6% from $2.03 billion a year earlier but up 10.5% from the prior quarter.
Analysis
Waste Management (WM) Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Waste Management posted Payables of $1.87 billion, down 8.7% from FY2024.
- Payables has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Payables came in at $2.05 billion in FY2024 (+19.7%), $1.71 billion in FY2023 (-3.2%), $1.77 billion in FY2022 (+28.4%) and $1.38 billion in FY2021 (+22.7%).
- Five-year quarterly Payables spans a low of $1.38 billion in Q4 2021 and a high of $2.08 billion in Q3 2025.
- Year over year, Payables has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 6.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Payables in five years was Q3 2021 (growth of 65.8%); the low point was Q4 2025 (a decline of 8.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $1.8 billion (Q1 2026), $1.87 billion (Q4 2025) and $2.08 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 82.84 Bn | 81.75 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 1.99 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.88 Bn | 64.50 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 1.44 Bn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 39.22 Bn | 38.85 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 800.70 Mn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.45 Bn | 13.46 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 518.19 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.66 Bn | 13.34 Bn | 385.80 Mn | 1.80 Bn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.02 Bn | 4.14 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 126.55 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 495.05 Mn | 454.32 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 53.51 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 326.81 Mn | 218.37 Mn | -2.50 Mn | 9.05 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 204.72 Mn | 204.72 Mn | 707,000.00 | 1.22 Mn |
| 10 | Comstock | 179.25 Mn | 182.57 Mn | -896,073.00 | 2.11 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.08 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.03 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.90 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.05 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.85 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.62 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.71 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.74 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.63 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.51 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.77 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.49 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.38 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.38 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.38 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.47 Bn |
API Access
Waste Management Payables API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payables&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "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=payables&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();