Waste Management (WM) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management has disclosed Capital Expenditures across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $650.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 came in at $650.0 million, down 21.78% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.0 billion (down 10.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.2 billion, changed 0.12% from the prior year.
• Capital Expenditures came in at $650.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from $888.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $1.1 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $418.0 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $732.0 million (2025), against an average of $740.6 million.
• Across the five-year window, Capital Expenditures surged 63.15% in 2022 and retreated 21.78% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Waste Management's Capital Expenditures stood at $862.0 million in 2022, then increased by 20.88% to $1.0 billion in 2023, then rose by 7.01% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then dropped by 20.36% to $888.0 million in 2025, then dropped by 26.8% to $650.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $650.0 million (Q1 2026), $888.0 million (Q4 2025), and $776.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.