Waste Management (WM) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$44.0 million in Q1 2026, down 100.27% year-on-year from $16.2 billion in Q1 2025, and down 340.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$10.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Retained Earnings across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$44.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at -$44.0 million, down 100.27% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$44.0 million (down 100.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$10.0 million, down 100.06% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$44.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from -$10.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $16.6 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of -$69.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $12.9 billion (2022), against an average of $8.6 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Retained Earnings reached 107675.0% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 505.88% in 2022.
  • Waste Management's Retained Earnings stood at -$69.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 20873.91% to $14.3 billion in 2023, then rose by 10.63% to $15.9 billion in 2024, then plunged by 100.06% to -$10.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 340.0% to -$44.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$44.0 million (Q1 2026), -$10.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$31.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 6.30 Mn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn -141.78 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -213.25 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -130.65 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -313.51 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -44.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -118.20 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -2.07 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -10.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -31.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 16.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 16.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 15.86 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 15.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 15.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -60.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 14.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -58.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 13.74 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 13.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -69.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 12.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 12.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 15.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 17.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 12.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 11.44 Bn