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Waste Management Inc (WM) stock

WMNYSERefuse SystemsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 28, 2026Score 16/3024% above fair value
$244.11+3.82 (+1.59%)

Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $97.07BP/E 32.0Yield 1.35%

Waste Management operating margin

Operating margin is operating income as a percentage of revenue.

Waste Management's operating margin for the twelve months ending Sep 30, 2026 was 18.4%. For fiscal 2025 it was 17.1%, against 18.4% the year before. The highest annual figure on record is 18.7% in fiscal 2018.

Annual operating margin

PeriodPeriod endValueChange (pts)
FY2025Dec 31, 202517.1%−1.3
FY2024Dec 31, 202418.4%+0.9
FY2023Dec 31, 202317.5%+0.4
FY2022Dec 31, 202217.1%+0.5
FY2021Dec 31, 202116.5%+0.5
FY2020Dec 31, 202016.0%−1.5
FY2019Dec 31, 201917.5%−1.2
FY2018Dec 31, 201818.7%+0.5
FY2017Dec 31, 201718.2%+1.3
FY2016Dec 31, 201616.9%+1.1
FY2015Dec 31, 201515.8%−0.6
FY2014Dec 31, 201416.4%+8.7
FY2013Dec 31, 20137.7%−5.8
FY2012Dec 31, 201213.6%−1.6
FY2011Dec 31, 201115.2%−1.7
FY2010Dec 31, 201016.9%+0.9
FY2009Dec 31, 200916.0%−0.7
FY2008Dec 31, 200816.7%−0.2
FY2007Dec 31, 200716.9%–

Quarterly operating margin

Change is against the same quarter a year earlier.

PeriodPeriod endValueChange (pts)
Q3 FY2026Sep 30, 202618.7%+3.3
Q2 FY2026Jun 30, 202618.7%+0.8
Q1 FY2026Mar 31, 202617.9%+1.0
Q4 FY2025Dec 31, 202518.3%+2.7
Q3 FY2025Sep 30, 202515.3%−4.3
Q2 FY2025Jun 30, 202517.9%+2.9
Q1 FY2025Mar 31, 202516.8%−2.8
Q4 FY2024Dec 31, 202415.6%−2.8
Q1 FY2024Mar 31, 202419.7%+2.8
Q4 FY2023Dec 31, 202315.0%−0.5
Q3 FY2023Sep 30, 202319.6%+1.1
Q2 FY2023Jun 30, 202318.4%+0.7
Q1 FY2023Mar 31, 202316.9%+0.4
Q4 FY2022Dec 31, 202215.5%+0.2
Q3 FY2022Sep 30, 202218.6%+1.3
Q2 FY2022Jun 30, 202217.7%+0.0
Q1 FY2022Mar 31, 202216.5%+0.7
Q4 FY2021Dec 31, 202115.3%−0.7
Q3 FY2021Sep 30, 202117.3%−0.3
Q2 FY2021Jun 30, 202117.7%+2.9
Q1 FY2021Mar 31, 202115.8%+0.4
Q4 FY2020Dec 31, 202016.1%−1.0
Q3 FY2020Sep 30, 202017.6%−0.9
Q2 FY2020Jun 30, 202014.8%−2.8
Q1 FY2020Mar 31, 202015.4%−1.4
Q4 FY2019Dec 31, 201917.0%−2.9
Q3 FY2019Sep 30, 201918.5%+0.2
Q2 FY2019Jun 30, 201917.6%−1.5
Q1 FY2019Mar 31, 201916.8%−0.5
Q4 FY2018Dec 31, 201820.0%+0.7
Q3 FY2018Sep 30, 201818.3%−0.6
Q2 FY2018Jun 30, 201819.1%+0.8
Q1 FY2018Mar 31, 201817.3%+1.1
Q4 FY2017Dec 31, 201719.3%+1.4
Q3 FY2017Sep 30, 201718.9%+3.1
Q2 FY2017Jun 30, 201718.3%–
Q1 FY2017Mar 31, 201716.2%–
Q4 FY2016Dec 31, 201617.8%–
Q3 FY2016Sep 30, 201615.8%–

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