Waste Management WM
NYSE WM
$224.32 -0.60 (-0.27%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 12:25 PM EDT

Waste Management (WM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management (WM) posted Tax Rate of 23.24% for Q2 2026, up 23.27% sequentially from 18.86% in Q1 2026, and up 158.0% YoY from 9.01% in Q2 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has reported Tax Rate for 18 years, with the latest figure at 23.24% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 158.0% year-over-year to 23.24% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 21.35% (up 77.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 21.02%, up 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate advanced to 23.24% in Q2 2026 per WM's latest filing, from 18.86% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 27.17% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 16.43% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 22.25% and a median of 23.03% in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Tax Rate sank 1094 bps in 2022, then soared 493 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 22.24% in 2022, then gained by 22 bps to 27.17% in 2023, then tumbled by 40 bps to 16.43% in 2024, then rose by 28 bps to 20.96% in 2025, then climbed by 11 bps to 23.24% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 23.24%, 18.86%, and 20.96% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Waste Management 90.05 Bn 89.49 Bn 2.73 Bn 23.24%
2 Republic Services 67.69 Bn 67.58 Bn 1.87 Bn 19.03%
3 Waste Connections 42.91 Bn 42.81 Bn 1.08 Bn 22.76%
4 Clean Harbors 16.69 Bn 16.17 Bn 608.78 Mn 26.56%
5 GFL Environmental 14.92 Bn 14.73 Bn 278.90 Mn -6.01%
6 Casella Waste Systems 5.89 Bn 5.86 Bn 178.80 Mn -12.04%
7 Sino Green Land 972.56 Mn 972.48 Mn -78,936.00 -
8 Onterris 561.08 Mn 547.39 Mn 82.26 Mn 20.21%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 341.05 Mn 307.10 Mn -2.50 Mn -
10 American Battery Technology 332.28 Mn 292.99 Mn 737,749.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 23.24%
Jun 30, 2026 23.24%
Jun 30, 2026 23.24%
Mar 31, 2026 18.86%
Mar 31, 2026 18.86%
Mar 31, 2026 18.86%
Dec 31, 2025 20.96%
Dec 31, 2025 20.96%
Dec 31, 2025 20.96%
Sep 30, 2025 22.19%
Sep 30, 2025 22.19%
Sep 30, 2025 22.19%
Jun 30, 2025 21.66%
Jun 30, 2025 21.66%
Jun 30, 2025 21.66%
Mar 31, 2025 19.16%
Mar 31, 2025 19.16%
Mar 31, 2025 19.16%
Dec 31, 2024 16.43%
Dec 31, 2024 16.43%