Restructuring Charges
Waste Management Restructuring Charges decreased by 66.7% to $4.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 69.2%, from $13.00M to $4.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Restructuring Charges shows an upward trend with a 152.5% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Frequent or large charges may indicate operational instability or a need for significant strategic pivots, while occasional charges are standard in large-scale transformations.
Detailed definition
Restructuring charges are one-time costs associated with reorganizing a company's operations, such as severance pay, fac...
Peer comparison
Used by analysts to identify non-recurring items that distort year-over-year operating comparisons.
restructuring_chargesHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $4.00M | $1.00M | $2.00M | $1.00M | $3.00M | $1.00M | $0.00 | $1.00M | $2.00M | $13.00M | $12.00M | $14.00M | $12.00M | $4.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -75.0% | +100.0% | -50.0% | +200.0% | -66.7% | -100.0% | — | +100.0% | +550.0% | -7.7% | +16.7% | -14.3% | -66.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +0.0% | — | — | -100.0% | — | — | — | — | +600.0% | — | -69.2% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Waste Management's restructuring charges?
- Waste Management (WM) reported restructuring charges of $4.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Waste Management's restructuring charges changed year-over-year?
- Waste Management's restructuring charges decreased by 69.2% year-over-year, from $13.00M to $4.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's restructuring charges?
- Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's restructuring charges has grown at a 152.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $8.00M to $51.00M.
- What does restructuring charges mean?
- One-time costs related to reorganizing or downsizing business operations.