Waste Management (WM)
S&P 500 · Industrials · data since 1988-06-22 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.62%
7d
-0.23%
30d
+6.94%
YTD
+9.10%
1y
+4.74%
Waste Management (WM) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 | 8.4 | -4.2 | 1.2 | -9.1 | 5.4 | 7.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 9.2 | 5.7 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 3.3 | -4.7 | 0.1 | -1.2 | -2.1 | -9.5 | 9.1 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 4.0 | -2.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | -5.0 | 4.6 | -1.7 | 4.0 | 5.7 | -11.3 |
| 2023 | -1.4 | -3.2 | 9.5 | 1.8 | -2.5 | 7.6 | -5.5 | -4.3 | -2.3 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | -9.9 | -4.0 | 10.2 | 3.8 | -3.6 | -3.1 | 7.6 | 2.7 | -4.9 | -1.1 | 5.9 | -6.1 |
| 2021 | -5.6 | -0.4 | 16.9 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 4.6 | -3.4 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | -8.9 | -16.1 | 8.1 | 6.7 | -0.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | -0.3 | -4.7 | 10.4 | -0.5 |
| 2019 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | -3.2 | -2.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | -2.4 | -2.0 | -3.4 | 1.8 | -1.1 | 10.7 | 1.0 | -0.1 | -1.0 | 5.3 | -5.1 |
| 2017 | -2.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | -0.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | -0.4 | 3.7 | 9.5 | -0.2 | -3.3 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 0.2 | -8.7 | 0.2 | -5.9 | 10.3 | -2.1 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| 2014 | -6.9 | -0.7 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 2.3 | -3.0 | 4.2 | -3.8 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 4.9 | -1.0 |
| 2012 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | -2.2 | -5.2 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 0.5 | -6.3 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| 2011 | 2.7 | -2.1 | 1.7 | 5.7 | -0.6 | -4.1 | -15.5 | 4.9 | -0.4 | 1.1 | -3.9 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | -5.2 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | -5.3 | -3.8 | 8.5 | -2.5 | 9.0 | -0.1 | -3.2 | 7.7 |
| 2009 | -5.9 | -13.4 | -4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.1 | -0.2 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | -0.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 5.8 | -0.6 | -5.8 | -0.2 | -10.5 | -0.8 | -5.7 | 13.5 |
| 2007 | 3.3 | -10.3 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -2.6 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -3.6 | -5.0 | -4.8 |
| 2006 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.1 | -2.2 | -1.4 | -4.2 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 2.2 | -1.7 | 0.4 |
| 2005 | -3.1 | 1.5 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 4.2 | -3.9 | -0.8 | -1.7 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| 2004 | -6.2 | 3.3 | 5.9 | -5.9 | 1.9 | 6.6 | -8.2 | -0.6 | -1.6 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | 0.3 | -13.4 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 17.3 | -5.4 | -0.8 | 11.4 | -1.6 | -1.0 | 13.5 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | -9.7 | -8.7 | 3.6 | -3.3 | 4.2 | -5.1 | -9.1 | 7.4 | -8.3 | -1.3 | 8.3 | -8.0 |
| 2001 | -12.1 | 4.0 | -2.6 | -1.2 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 0.6 | -0.2 | -13.5 | -8.4 | 19.6 | 8.9 |
| 2000 | 1.8 | -14.3 | -8.8 | 16.9 | 27.3 | -6.8 | -2.3 | 2.1 | -8.0 | 14.7 | 19.7 | 15.9 |
| 1999 | 7.1 | -2.1 | -9.2 | 27.3 | -6.4 | 1.6 | -52.6 | -14.2 | -11.9 | -4.5 | -7.8 | 1.5 |
| 1998 | -6.4 | 13.3 | 7.1 | 10.1 | -3.8 | 4.6 | 11.7 | -20.2 | 9.3 | -6.1 | -5.0 | 8.8 |
| 1997 | 14.5 | -1.4 | -1.4 | -7.8 | 10.7 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | -5.1 | -7.2 | -10.6 | 18.7 |
| 1996 | 9.9 | 3.0 | 19.3 | 2.0 | 13.5 | 0.4 | -15.6 | 10.0 | 14.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | -1.2 |
| 1995 | 6.6 | -8.3 | 7.9 | 25.0 | -0.8 | 4.2 | 22.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | -10.1 |
| 1994 | 26.4 | -8.7 | -3.8 | -4.0 | -2.1 | -2.1 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 1.7 | -9.2 | -11.1 | -5.2 |
| 1993 | -6.9 | 3.7 | -5.4 | -7.5 | -1.0 | 7.2 | 3.9 | -8.3 | -2.0 | -10.3 | -1.1 | 5.8 |
| 1992 | -2.1 | -0.7 | -8.8 | -21.8 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 | -8.5 | -7.2 | 15.6 | 3.9 | 7.4 |
| 1991 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 55.3 | -4.1 | 5.7 | 52.7 | 2.6 | -1.7 | 19.3 | -1.5 | -4.5 | 9.4 |
| 1990 | -8.3 | 9.1 | 50.0 | -16.7 | 0.0 | 106.7 | 54.8 | -22.9 | 2.7 | 18.4 | -6.7 | 9.5 |
| 1989 | 26.3 | -20.8 | 21.1 | -8.7 | -9.5 | -21.1 | 0.0 | -6.7 | 14.3 | -6.3 | 6.7 | -25.0 |
| 1988 | · | · | · | · | · | -5.4 | -11.4 | -29.0 | -4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -9.5 |
| Avg | 1.4 | -0.6 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1.1 | -0.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.4% | -0.6% | +4.9% | +1.4% | +2.4% | +4.2% | +0.8% | -1.1% | -0.2% | +0.9% | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Win rate | 53%/38 | 53%/38 | 66%/38 | 55%/38 | 63%/38 | 56%/39 | 53%/38 | 50%/38 | 42%/38 | 50%/38 | 61%/38 | 66%/38 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-77.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±10.6%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
56%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+106.67%
1990-06
Worst month
-52.56%
1999-07
Longest streaks
9▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Waste Management
Waste Management measures its order book in years, not quarters — with price receipts on this site going back to 1988. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1988) would be about $9,172 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was June 1990 at +106.67%; its worst, July 1999 at -52.56%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.