Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $19.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 44.12% to $19.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $154.0 million through Dec 2025, up 30.51% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $154.0 million for FY2025, 30.51% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $19.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from $43.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $51.0 million in Q1 2025 to a low of $19.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $28.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $26.0 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: surged 120.0% in 2021 and later plummeted 44.44% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $27.0 million in 2021, then decreased by 25.93% to $20.0 million in 2022, then rose by 10.0% to $22.0 million in 2023, then surged by 54.55% to $34.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 44.12% to $19.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for WM at $19.0 million in Q4 2025, $43.0 million in Q3 2025, and $41.0 million in Q2 2025.