Waste Management (WM) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's Profit After Tax came in at $786 million for Q2 2026, up 8.1% from $727 million a year earlier and up 8.7% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Waste Management reported Profit After Tax of $2.85 billion, up 4.8% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $2.71 billion, down 1.3% from FY2024.
- Profit After Tax carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Profit After Tax was $2.75 billion in FY2024 (+20.6%), $2.28 billion in FY2023 (+1.6%), $2.24 billion in FY2022 (+23.3%) and $1.82 billion in FY2021 (+21.5%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Profit After Tax since Q4 2017.
- Year-over-year, Profit After Tax has increased for three consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 8.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Profit After Tax over five years came in Q2 2022 (growth of 67.2%), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a decline of 20.7%).
- Business Quant data shows WM's Profit After Tax at $723 million (Q1 2026), $742 million (Q4 2025) and $603 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | PAT (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 80.76 Bn | 79.67 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 786.00 Mn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 63.36 Bn | 62.98 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 566.00 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.00 Bn | 37.62 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 296.40 Mn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.50 Bn | 13.51 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 170.46 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.00 Bn | 12.68 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -162.60 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 4.89 Bn | 4.01 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 3.77 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 446.25 Mn | 405.52 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 1.37 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 326.81 Mn | 218.37 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -6.26 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 201.83 Mn | 201.83 Mn | 707,000.00 | -3.04 Mn |
| 10 | Comstock | 171.65 Mn | 174.97 Mn | -896,073.00 | -26.73 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 786.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 723.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 742.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 603.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 727.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 637.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 598.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 760.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 680.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 707.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 469.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 662.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 613.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 532.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 500.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 639.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 587.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 514.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 506.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 539.00 Mn |
API Access
Waste Management Profit After Tax 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=profit-after-tax&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "profit-after-tax", "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=profit-after-tax&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();