Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2024)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Shares Repurchased for 14 consecutive years, with $12.0 million as the latest value for Q2 2024.

  • Quarterly Shares Repurchased fell 95.2% to $12.0 million in Q2 2024 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $262.0 million through Dec 2024, down 71.87% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $262.0 million for FY2024, 79.88% down from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased hit $12.0 million in Q2 2024 for Waste Management, down from $250.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Shares Repurchased ranged from a high of $541.0 million in Q3 2022 to a low of $12.0 million in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Shares Repurchased has averaged $264.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $250.0 million in 2021.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Shares Repurchased was 941.67% in 2023; the steepest drop was 96.4% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Shares Repurchased stood at $402.0 million in 2020, then dropped by 12.94% to $350.0 million in 2021, then rose by 25.43% to $439.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 28.93% to $312.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 96.15% to $12.0 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows Shares Repurchased for WM at $12.0 million in Q2 2024, $250.0 million in Q1 2024, and $312.0 million in Q4 2023.