WM Announces Planned 14.5% Dividend Increase and $3 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization, Positioning the Company to Deliver Outsized Shareholder Returns in 2026

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WM (NYSE: WM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a capital allocation program that includes a planned 14.5% increase in the 2026 dividend rate and a new $3 billion share repurchase authorization, superseding the authority remaining under the prior $1.5 billion repurchase authorization announced in 2023. The planned quarterly dividend rate of $0.945 per share in 2026, up from $0.825 per share in 2025, marks the twenty-third consecutive year of divi. ...