Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Restructuring Costs (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Restructuring Costs for 17 consecutive years, with $12.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Restructuring Costs rose 500.0% to $12.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $51.0 million through Dec 2025, up 920.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $51.0 million for FY2025, 1175.0% up from the prior year.
  • Restructuring Costs hit $12.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from $14.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Restructuring Costs ranged from a high of $14.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of $1.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Restructuring Costs has averaged $4.9 million across 5 years, with a median of $2.0 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Restructuring Costs: plummeted 85.71% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 600.0% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Restructuring Costs stood at $2.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 50.0% to $1.0 million in 2022, then changed by 0.0% to $1.0 million in 2023, then surged by 100.0% to $2.0 million in 2024, then soared by 500.0% to $12.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Restructuring Costs for WM at $12.0 million in Q4 2025, $14.0 million in Q3 2025, and $12.0 million in Q2 2025.