Growth Metrics

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

Waste Management's Share-based Compensation history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $34.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation rose 126.67% year-over-year to $34.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $169.0 million, up 70.71%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $169.0 million, 70.71% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 was $34.0 million at Waste Management, down from $43.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $51.0 million in Q1 2025 and bottomed at $15.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $26.0 million (2022), against an average of $28.4 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Share-based Compensation surged 440.0% in 2021 before it crashed 44.44% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $27.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 25.93% to $20.0 million in 2022, then increased by 10.0% to $22.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 31.82% to $15.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 126.67% to $34.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WM's Share-based Compensation are $34.0 million (Q4 2025), $43.0 million (Q3 2025), and $41.0 million (Q2 2025).