Provision For Doubtful Accounts And Other Credit Losses
Waste Management Provision For Doubtful Accounts And Other Credit Losses decreased by 9.4% to $29.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 52.6%, from $19.00M to $29.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Provision For Doubtful Accounts And Other Credit Losses shows an upward trend with a 25.9% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increasing trend may signal deteriorating customer credit quality or economic stress in the company's end markets.
Detailed definition
This is an estimate of the portion of accounts receivable that the company expects will not be collected from customers....
Peer comparison
Standard across all service-based industries; monitored as a percentage of total receivables.
operating_provision_for_doubtful_accounts_and_other_cred_42cb23Historical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $6.00M | $11.00M | $9.00M | $10.00M | $14.00M | $12.00M | $14.00M | $9.00M | $11.00M | $16.00M | $20.00M | $10.00M | $16.00M | $11.00M | $14.00M | $19.00M | $24.00M | $18.00M | $32.00M | $29.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +83.3% | -18.2% | +11.1% | +40.0% | -14.3% | +16.7% | -35.7% | +22.2% | +45.5% | +25.0% | -50.0% | +60.0% | -31.3% | +27.3% | +35.7% | +26.3% | -25.0% | +77.8% | -9.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +133.3% | +9.1% | +55.6% | -10.0% | -21.4% | +33.3% | +42.9% | +11.1% | +45.5% | -31.3% | -30.0% | +90.0% | +50.0% | +63.6% | +128.6% | +52.6% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Waste Management's provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses?
- Waste Management (WM) reported provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses of $29.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Waste Management's provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses changed year-over-year?
- Waste Management's provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses increased by 52.6% year-over-year, from $19.00M to $29.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses has grown at a 25.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $37.00M to $93.00M.
- What does provision for doubtful accounts and other credit losses mean?
- The estimated amount of customer debt that will likely go unpaid.