TTM
32.1%
YoY change
+0.01pp
Trough year (2005)
23.6%
Peak year (1987)
64.7%
Latest annual
29.1%
Gross Margin history chart for Waste Management (WM) from 1987 to 2025
Latest: 29.1%
Gross Margin change chart for Waste Management (WM) from 1987 to 2025
Latest: +0.01pp
Gross Margin history table for Waste Management (WM) from 1987 to 2025
| 2025 | 29.1% | +0.01pp | ||
| 2024 | 29.1% | +0.92pp | ||
| 2023 | 28.1% | +0.90pp | ||
| 2022 | 27.2% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2021 | 26.9% | -0.75pp | ||
| 2020 | 27.6% | -0.73pp | ||
| 2019 | 28.4% | +0.29pp | ||
| 2018 | 28.1% | -0.14pp | ||
| 2017 | 28.2% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2016 | 28.1% | +1.20pp | ||
| 2015 | 26.9% | +0.38pp | ||
| 2014 | 26.5% | +1.14pp | ||
| 2013 | 25.4% | -0.01pp | ||
| 2012 | 25.4% | -1.60pp | ||
| 2011 | 27.0% | -0.97pp | ||
| 2010 | 27.9% | -0.76pp | ||
| 2009 | 28.7% | +1.18pp | ||
| 2008 | 27.5% | -0.06pp | ||
| 2007 | 27.6% | +1.82pp | ||
| 2006 | 25.8% | +2.18pp | ||
| 2005 | 23.6% | -0.01pp | ||
| 2004 | 23.6% | -11.47pp | ||
| 2003 | 35.1% | -4.43pp | ||
| 2002 | 39.5% | -1.64pp | ||
| 2001 | 41.1% | +1.47pp | ||
| 2000 | 39.7% | +2.65pp | ||
| 1999 | 37.0% | -4.87pp | ||
| 1998 | 41.9% | -6.64pp | ||
| 1997 | 48.5% | +2.18pp | ||
| 1996 | 46.3% | +1.88pp | ||
| 1995 | 44.5% | +1.83pp | ||
| 1994 | 42.6% | -7.57pp | ||
| 1993 | 50.2% | -1.53pp | ||
| 1992 | 51.7% | -7.84pp | ||
| 1991 | 59.6% | +2.81pp | ||
| 1990 | 56.8% | +6.76pp | ||
| 1989 | 50.0% | -13.16pp | ||
| 1988 | 63.2% | -1.55pp | ||
| 1987 | 64.7% | — |
- 202529.1%+0.01pp
- 202429.1%+0.92pp
- 202328.1%+0.90pp
- 202227.2%+0.35pp
- 202126.9%-0.75pp
- 202027.6%-0.73pp
- 201928.4%+0.29pp
- 201828.1%-0.14pp
- 201728.2%+0.14pp
- 201628.1%+1.20pp
- 201526.9%+0.38pp
- 201426.5%+1.14pp
- 201325.4%-0.01pp
- 201225.4%-1.60pp
- 201127.0%-0.97pp
- 201027.9%-0.76pp
- 200928.7%+1.18pp
- 200827.5%-0.06pp
- 200727.6%+1.82pp
- 200625.8%+2.18pp
- 200523.6%-0.01pp
- 200423.6%-11.47pp
- 200335.1%-4.43pp
- 200239.5%-1.64pp
- 200141.1%+1.47pp
- 200039.7%+2.65pp
- 199937.0%-4.87pp
- 199841.9%-6.64pp
- 199748.5%+2.18pp
- 199646.3%+1.88pp
- 199544.5%+1.83pp
- 199442.6%-7.57pp
- 199350.2%-1.53pp
- 199251.7%-7.84pp
- 199159.6%+2.81pp
- 199056.8%+6.76pp
- 198950.0%-13.16pp
- 198863.2%-1.55pp
- 198764.7%—
Gross Margin values are taken from Waste Management's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Gross Margin at Waste Management (WM)
According to Waste Management's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 32.1%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Waste Management (WM) gross margin is 29.08% – expanded 0.0 percentage points year-over-year.
64.71% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 1987, against a low of 23.57% during 2005.
Waste Management Gross Margin by Year
Waste Management Gross Margin 2025: 29.1%
In 2025, Waste Management reported gross margin of 29.08%, expanded 0.0 percentage points from 2024.
Waste Management Gross Margin 2024: 29.1%
Waste Management gross margin in 2024 was 29.07%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2023.
Waste Management Gross Margin 2023: 28.1%
2023's gross margin for Waste Management came in at 28.15%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2022.
Waste Management Gross Margin 2022: 27.2%
Waste Management posted gross margin of 27.24% in 2022, expanded 0.4 percentage points from 2021.
Waste Management Gross Margin 2021: 26.9%
Waste Management gross margin in 2021 was 26.89%.
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Sector peers by Gross Margin
Industrials peers of Waste Management (WM), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 45.7% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 36.9% | |
| 35.1% | |
| 34.8% | |
| 32.5% | |
| 20.2% | |
| 4.8% |
- 45.7%
- 35.1%
- 34.8%
- 32.5%
- 20.2%
- 4.8%
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