Waste Management (WM) Short term Debt (2009 - 2026)
Waste Management's Short term Debt was $1.1 billion in Q2 2026, up 14.1% from $964 million a year earlier and up 71.6% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Management (WM) Short term Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Short term Debt at Waste Management came in at $711 million, down 47.7% from FY2024.
- Short term Debt shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Short term Debt was $1.36 billion in FY2024 (+306.9%), $334 million in FY2023 (-19.3%), $414 million in FY2022 (-41.5%) and $708 million in FY2021 (+28.5%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Short term Debt since Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Short term Debt was higher in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 110.1%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Short term Debt over five years was Q4 2024 (growth of 306.9%); the worst was Q3 2022 (a decline of 57.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, WM's Short term Debt in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $641 million (Q1 2026), $711 million (Q4 2025) and $880 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 82.59 Bn | 81.50 Bn | 2.73 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 65.21 Bn | 64.82 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 39.38 Bn | 39.00 Bn | 1.08 Bn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.54 Bn | 13.55 Bn | 608.78 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.37 Bn | 13.05 Bn | 385.80 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.11 Bn | 4.23 Bn | 178.80 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 512.61 Mn | 471.88 Mn | 82.26 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.69 Mn | 223.25 Mn | -2.50 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 204.72 Mn | 204.72 Mn | 707,000.00 |
| 10 | Comstock | 185.32 Mn | 188.64 Mn | -896,073.00 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 641.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 711.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 880.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 964.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 954.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.36 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 676.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 242.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 336.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 334.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 297.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 513.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 336.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 414.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 258.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 231.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 435.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 708.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 601.00 Mn |
API Access
Waste Management Short term Debt 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=short-term-debt&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-debt", "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=short-term-debt&ticker=WM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();