Waste Management (WM) Shares Outstanding (Entity) (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management (WM) posted Shares Outstanding (Entity) of 400 million for Q2 2026, down 0.7% from 402.83 million a year earlier and down 0.6% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Shares Outstanding (Entity) (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Waste Management's Shares Outstanding (Entity) came in at 403.34 million, up 0.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Shares Outstanding (Entity) shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -1.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Waste Management's Shares Outstanding (Entity) was 402.12 million in FY2024 (+0.1%), 401.6 million in FY2023 (-1.6%), 408.15 million in FY2022 (-1.9%) and 416.1 million in FY2021 (-1.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Shares Outstanding (Entity) in data going back to Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Outstanding (Entity) increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of 0.0%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Shares Outstanding (Entity) in the past five years was Q2 2025, with growth of 0.4%; the weakest was Q1 2023, with a decline of 2.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Shares Outstanding (Entity) for the three prior quarters was 402.3 million (Q1 2026), 403.34 million (Q4 2025) and 402.9 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Outstanding (Entity.) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 94.39 Bn | 93.32 Bn | 2.75 Bn | 397.70 Mn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.41 Bn | 75.02 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 304.64 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.83 Bn | 47.48 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 250.25 Mn |
| 4 | GFL Environmental | 15.73 Bn | 15.73 Bn | 304.74 Mn | - |
| 5 | Clean Harbors | 15.30 Bn | 12.64 Bn | 661.44 Mn | 52.73 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.92 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 184.65 Mn | 63.64 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 832.01 Mn | 777.91 Mn | 88.27 Mn | 35.15 Mn |
| 8 | Enviri | 710.17 Mn | 67.28 Mn | -162.22 Mn | 28.19 Mn |
| 9 | Oio | 619.48 Mn | 617.91 Mn | - | 348.02 Mn |
| 10 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 328.26 Mn | 221.00 Mn | 552,000.00 | 21.22 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 397.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 403.34 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 402.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 402.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 402.41 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 402.12 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 401.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 401.31 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 401.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 401.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 402.80 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 405.06 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 406.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 408.15 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 410.50 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 413.34 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 415.21 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 416.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 418.32 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 421.10 Mn |
API Access
Waste Management Shares Outstanding (Entity) 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=shares-outstanding-entity&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding-entity", "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=shares-outstanding-entity&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();