Waste Management (WM) Shares Repurchased (2009 - 2024)
Waste Management (WM) posted Shares Repurchased of $659 million for Q2 2026, up 91.6% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Shares Repurchased (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Shares Repurchased at Waste Management was $1 billion; for FY2024, it was $262 million, down 79.9% from FY2023.
- Annual Shares Repurchased shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.1% (FY2019 to FY2024).
- In prior years, Waste Management's Shares Repurchased was $1.3 billion in FY2023 (-13.2%), $1.5 billion in FY2022 (+11.1%), $1.35 billion in FY2021 (+235.8%) and $402 million in FY2020 (+62.1%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Shares Repurchased in data going back to Q3 2009.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Shares Repurchased in the past five years was Q1 2023, with growth of 40.0%; the weakest was Q2 2024, with a decline of 95.6%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Repurchased (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 94.39 Bn | 93.32 Bn | 2.75 Bn | - |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.41 Bn | 75.02 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 197.00 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.83 Bn | 47.48 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 329.93 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 | 25.00 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.92 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 184.65 Mn | - |
| 7 | Onterris | 832.01 Mn | 777.91 Mn | 88.27 Mn | - |
| 8 | Enviri | 710.17 Mn | 67.28 Mn | -162.22 Mn | - |
| 9 | Oio | 619.48 Mn | 617.91 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 328.26 Mn | 221.00 Mn | 552,000.00 | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 250.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 312.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 370.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 270.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 350.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 439.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 541.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 270.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 250.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 350.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 500.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 250.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 250.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 402.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 180.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 68.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 254.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 200.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 300.00 Mn |
API Access
Waste Management Shares Repurchased 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-repurchased&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-repurchased", "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-repurchased&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();