Share buybacks · 2011–2024

Waste Management share buybacks

$262M−79.9% · FY2024

Waste Management (WM) reported $262M in share buybacks for fiscal 2024, −79.9% year on year.

$575M2011$239M2013$600M2014$600M2015$725M2016$750M2017$1.0B2018$248M2019$402M2020$1.4B2021$1.5B2022$1.3B2023$262M2024
Waste Management — Share buybacks, 2011–2024
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20242024-12-31$262M−79.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.3B−13.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.5B+11.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.4B+235.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$402M+62.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$248M−75.3%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$1.0B+33.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$750M+3.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$725M+20.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$600M0.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$600M+151.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$239M−58.4%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$575M—Open →

Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2024 compound annual growth −5.9%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Waste Management share buybacks}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/waste-management/share-buybacks}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001104659-26-012049 · February 9, 2026

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