Waste Management (WM) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management has disclosed Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.48 for Q2 2026.

• In Q2 2026, Payout Ratio rose 5.27% year-over-year to 0.48; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.5 (up 6.83% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.49, up 11.31% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio came in at 0.48 for Q2 2026 at Waste Management, down from 0.53 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.6 in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.4 in Q3 2024.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.49, with a median of 0.47 recorded in 2023.
• Year-over-year, Payout Ratio slumped 33.53% in 2022 and soared 39.02% in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.53 in 2022, then climbed by 12.62% to 0.6 in 2023, then fell by 14.12% to 0.51 in 2024, then dropped by 12.42% to 0.45 in 2025, then grew by 7.01% to 0.48 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Payout Ratio figures were 0.48 in Q2 2026, 0.53 in Q1 2026, and 0.45 in Q4 2025.