---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-082358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WM"
cik: "0000823768"
company_name: "WASTE MANAGEMENT INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T17:41:33.664733+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WM Q2 revenue $5.4B (+5.5%), adjusted EBITDA margin 30.0% first time, raises full-year outlook

## Summary
- Revenue $5.402B (+5.5% YoY) driven by core price +6.8% and higher recycled commodity values.
- Adjusted operating EBITDA $1.618B (+10.3%); margin 130 bps expansion to 30.0%, a company record.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.82 vs $1.51 YoY; net income $680M ($1.69 GAAP EPS).
- Full-year outlook reaffirmed: adjusted operating EBITDA $6.375-6.525B, free cash flow $2.0-2.15B.
- Closed >$750M solid waste acquisitions YTD; Stericycle acquisition progressing through regulatory reviews.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-082358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WM
- cik: 0000823768
- company_name: WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924082358/0001104659-24-082358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465924082358/tm2420025d1_8k.htm

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