Waste Management (WM) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's Selling, General & Administrative was $683 million in Q2 2026, down 1.9% from $696 million a year earlier and down 3.4% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Waste Management's Selling, General & Administrative was $2.73 billion through Jun 30, 2026, up 32.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $2.72 billion, up 20.2% from FY2024.
- Selling, General & Administrative shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Selling, General & Administrative was $2.26 billion in FY2024 (+17.5%), $1.93 billion in FY2023 (-0.6%), $1.94 billion in FY2022 (+4.0%) and $1.86 billion in FY2021 (+7.9%).
- Quarterly Selling, General & Administrative has moved between $155 million (Q4 2024) and $707 million (Q1 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Selling, General & Administrative was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 47.9%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Selling, General & Administrative over five years was Q4 2025 (growth of 334.8%); the worst was Q4 2024 (a decline of 69.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, WM's Selling, General & Administrative in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $707 million (Q1 2026), $674 million (Q4 2025) and $665 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 80.76 Bn | 79.67 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 683.00 Mn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 63.36 Bn | 62.98 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 444.00 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.00 Bn | 37.62 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 260.49 Mn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.50 Bn | 13.51 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 214.57 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.00 Bn | 12.68 Bn | 385.80 Mn | 276.30 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 4.89 Bn | 4.01 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 63.17 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 446.25 Mn | 405.52 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 62.96 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 326.81 Mn | 218.37 Mn | -2.50 Mn | 3.75 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 201.83 Mn | 201.83 Mn | 707,000.00 | 2.75 Mn |
| 10 | Comstock | 171.65 Mn | 174.97 Mn | -896,073.00 | 7.35 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 683.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 707.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 674.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 665.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 696.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 687.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 155.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 525.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 501.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 491.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 513.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 470.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 467.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 476.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 487.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 473.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 487.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 491.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 492.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 469.00 Mn |
API Access
Waste Management Selling, General & Administrative 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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();