All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
WM real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WM returned −3.44% over the past year and −1.69% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 22, 1988, WM is up +2,909.85% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.33%/yr, and is currently −11.37% below its real total-return high on Mar. 9, 2026.
Data ending Wed Aug. 26, 2026
| Wed 1988-06-22💬 to Wed 2026-08-26 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM × |
+2,909.85%
+9.33%/yr |
+8.44%/yr
R2=0.805 |
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| Waste Management Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Wed 1988-06-22💬 to Wed 2026-08-26 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| WM × |
$10,000.00
1988-06-22 |
$300,985.07
2026-08-26 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| WM × | −1.69% | −3.44% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| WM × |
−11.37%
on 2026-08-26 from 2026-03-09 peak |
−78.48%
on 2000-03-28 from 1999-05-04 peak |
| Period ending Wed 2026-08-26 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM × | −3.44% |
+2.68% +1.33%/yr |
+34.10% +10.28%/yr |
+27.27% +4.94%/yr |
+198.00% +11.54%/yr |
| Year | WM |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.69% |
| 2025 | +7.62% |
| 2024 | +11.08% |
| 2023 | +12.43% |
| 2022 | −10.29% |
| 2021 | +34.37% |
| 2020 | +4.05% |
| 2019 | +27.54% |
| 2018 | +3.35% |
| 2017 | +21.89% |
| 2016 | +33.62% |
| 2015 | +6.35% |
| 2014 | +17.35% |
| 2013 | +35.79% |
| 2012 | +5.81% |
| 2011 | −10.37% |
| 2010 | +11.58% |
| 2009 | +3.47% |
| 2008 | +4.65% |
| 2007 | −12.34% |
| 2006 | +21.17% |
| 2005 | +0.75% |
| 2004 | +0.54% |
| 2003 | +26.81% |
| 2002 | −29.81% |
| 2001 | +13.28% |
| 2000 | +56.25% |
| 1999 | −64.08% |
| 1998 | +16.96% |
| 1997 | +21.08% |
| 1996 | +63.45% |
| 1995 | +61.82% |
| 1994 | −2.61% |
| 1993 | −23.65% |
| 1992 | −19.48% |
| 1991 | +185.97% |
| 1990 | +237.67% |
| 1989 | −36.69% |
| 1988 | −47.81% |
