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Waste Management

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Waste Management has retired 36.4% of its shares since 2001, from 628,690,931 to 399,715,184.

36.4%retired since 2001
4.4%last 5 years
0.8%last 12 months
400Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2001 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2010629M shares, 2001400M20052010201520202025
2001, 628,690,9312026-07-24, 399,715,184
A share bought in 2001
1.6× more of Waste Management today, without buying another share. It was one of 628,690,931 shares then. It is one of 399,715,184 now.
Every filing we read25 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20012002-03-08628,690,93110-Kcover page
20022003-02-18594,964,06210-Kcover page
20032004-02-12576,872,62710-Kcover page
20042005-02-11568,473,94310-Kcover page
20052006-02-15546,684,98710-Kcover page
20062007-02-09533,077,36810-Kcover page
20072008-02-11495,349,81210-Kcover page
20082008-12-31490,700,00010-K
20092010-02-11484,972,11710-K
20102011-02-10475,487,98410-K
20112012-02-10461,374,38110-K
20122013-02-07465,200,13710-K
20132014-02-07464,821,87510-K
20142015-02-06459,128,44910-K
20152016-02-04445,652,35910-K
20162017-02-02439,703,00710-K
20172018-02-08433,673,87810-K
20182019-02-08423,779,54010-K
20192020-02-07424,708,75810-K
20202021-02-12423,152,94810-K
20212022-02-09414,586,71810-K/A
20222023-01-31408,152,16210-K
20232024-02-08401,598,07710-K
20242025-02-14402,115,43910-K
20252026-02-05403,335,78110-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Waste Management on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Waste Management buybacks, answered

Is Waste Management buying back its stock?

Yes. Waste Management has 0.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 399,715,184 as of July 24, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 4.4%.

How many shares has Waste Management bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Waste Management has 229.0 million fewer shares than at its 2001 peak. That is 36.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2007 alone it bought back about 148.4 million shares, while the count fell by 95.6 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Waste Management have outstanding?

399,715,184 shares, as of July 24, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2001 peak it had 628,690,931.

What do Waste Management's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Waste Management stock in 2001 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Waste Management compare with other cannibal stocks?

Waste Management ranks No. 137 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: ADP (37.0%), Columbia Sportswear (36.5%), Aon (36.3%), Ppg Industries (36.1%).

Every answer is computed from Waste Management's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Jensen InvestmentJensen Investment Management631,052 shares, $140.6M, Q2 2026
Gates FoundationGates Foundation Trust26,720,744 shares, $6.0B, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

MENKE SEAN EDirector2025-11-03, 2,000 shares at $196.42 $393K total

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