All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

WM: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

WM total return snapshot: WM returned +5.76% over the past year and +8.48% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 22, 1988, WM is up +9,031.22% in nominal total return, or +12.59%/yr, and is currently −3.31% below its total-return high on Mar. 9, 2026.

Data ending Wed Jul. 22, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1988-06-22💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
WM
×
+9,031.22%
+12.59%/yr
+11.08%/yr
R2=0.870
Waste Management Inc NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1988-06-22💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 Start
Value
End
Value
WM
×
$10,000.00
1988-06-22
$913,122.42
2026-07-22

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-22

  YTD YoY
WM
×
+8.48% +5.76%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
WM
×
−3.31%
on 2026-07-22
from 2026-03-09 peak
−77.85%
on 2000-03-28
from 1999-05-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-22 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WM
×
+5.76% +9.01%
+4.41%/yr
+43.55%
+12.81%/yr
+76.30%
+12.01%/yr
+321.22%
+15.47%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WM
2026 (YTD) +8.48%
2025 +10.50%
2024 +14.28%
2023 +16.20%
2022 −4.49%
2021 +43.82%
2020 +5.46%
2019 +30.45%
2018 +5.32%
2017 +24.46%
2016 +36.39%
2015 +7.13%
2014 +18.24%
2013 +37.83%
2012 +7.64%
2011 −7.71%
2010 +13.25%
2009 +6.29%
2008 +4.75%
2007 −8.75%
2006 +24.22%
2005 +4.21%
2004 +3.81%
2003 +29.19%
2002 −28.14%
2001 +15.04%
2000 +61.54%
1999 −63.12%
1998 +18.84%
1997 +23.14%
1996 +68.87%
1995 +65.93%
1994 +0.00%
1993 −21.55%
1992 −17.14%
1991 +194.73%
1990 +258.32%
1989 −33.75%
1988 −46.65%