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Net Profit Margin for Waste Management (WM)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

11.0%

YoY change

−1.70pp

Trough year (1998)

-6.1%

Peak year (1987)

23.5%

Net Profit Margin history chart for Waste Management (WM) from 1987 to 2025

Latest: 10.7%

Net Profit Margin change chart for Waste Management (WM) from 1987 to 2025

Latest: −1.70pp

Net Profit Margin history table for Waste Management (WM) from 1987 to 2025

  • 202510.7%-1.70pp
  • 202412.4%+1.17pp
  • 202311.3%-0.08pp
  • 202211.4%+1.23pp
  • 202110.1%+0.30pp
  • 20209.8%-0.98pp
  • 201910.8%-2.10pp
  • 201812.9%-0.55pp
  • 201713.5%+4.77pp
  • 20168.7%+2.88pp
  • 20155.8%-3.46pp
  • 20149.3%+8.57pp
  • 20130.7%-5.28pp
  • 20126.0%-1.20pp
  • 20117.2%-0.43pp
  • 20107.6%-0.82pp
  • 20098.4%+0.31pp
  • 20088.1%-0.62pp
  • 20078.7%+0.14pp
  • 20068.6%-0.44pp
  • 20059.0%+1.54pp
  • 20047.5%+2.06pp
  • 20035.4%-1.93pp
  • 20027.4%+2.93pp
  • 20014.4%+5.22pp
  • 2000-0.8%+2.25pp
  • 1999-3.0%+3.04pp
  • 1998-6.1%-16.28pp
  • 199710.2%+7.71pp
  • 19962.5%-4.12pp
  • 19956.6%-1.20pp
  • 19947.8%-4.46pp
  • 199312.3%-1.69pp
  • 199214.0%-2.41pp
  • 199116.4%+10.99pp
  • 19905.4%+1.56pp
  • 19893.8%-6.68pp
  • 198810.5%-13.00pp
  • 198723.5%—

Net Profit 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 Net Profit Margin at Waste Management (WM)

According to Waste Management's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 11.0%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.

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) net margin is 10.74% – contracted 1.7 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, net margin reached its high of 23.53% in 1987 and its low of -6.07% in 1998.

Waste Management Net Profit Margin by Year

Waste Management Net Profit Margin 2025: 10.7%

Waste Management net margin in 2025 was 10.74%, contracted 1.7 percentage points from 2024.

Waste Management Net Profit Margin 2024: 12.4%

2024's net margin for Waste Management came in at 12.45%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2023.

Waste Management Net Profit Margin 2023: 11.3%

Waste Management posted net margin of 11.28% in 2023, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2022.

Waste Management Net Profit Margin 2022: 11.4%

In 2022, Waste Management reported net margin of 11.36%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2021.

Waste Management Net Profit Margin 2021: 10.1%

Waste Management net margin in 2021 was 10.13%.

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