Waste Management (WM) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $52.0 million in Q1 2026, up 1.96% year-on-year from $51.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 52.94% quarter-over-quarter from $34.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Share-based Compensation across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $52.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $52.0 million, up 1.96% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $170.0 million (up 41.67% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $169.0 million, up 70.71% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation came in at $52.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, up from $34.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $52.0 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $15.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $26.5 million (2022), against an average of $30.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation tumbled 44.44% in 2022 and surged 126.67% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's Share-based Compensation stood at $20.0 million in 2022, then gained by 10.0% to $22.0 million in 2023, then sank by 31.82% to $15.0 million in 2024, then soared by 126.67% to $34.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 52.94% to $52.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $52.0 million (Q1 2026), $34.0 million (Q4 2025), and $43.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 17.59 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 9.58 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 2.87 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 737,749.00 280,278.00
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 52.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn 216,000.00
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 52.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 52.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 34.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 34.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 43.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 43.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 41.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 41.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 51.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 51.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 15.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 15.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 27.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 27.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 27.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 27.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 30.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 30.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 22.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 22.00 Mn