Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 17 consecutive years, with $888.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Capital Expenditures fell 20.36% to $888.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $3.2 billion through Dec 2025, changed 0.12% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $3.2 billion for FY2025, 0.12% changed from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures hit $888.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from $776.0 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 $270.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Capital Expenditures has averaged $692.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $702.5 million in 2023.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Capital Expenditures was 96.45% in 2021; the steepest drop was 41.18% in 2021.
  • Year by year, Capital Expenditures stood at $774.0 million in 2021, then increased by 11.37% to $862.0 million in 2022, then grew by 20.88% to $1.0 billion in 2023, then increased by 7.01% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then fell by 20.36% to $888.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Capital Expenditures for WM at $888.0 million in Q4 2025, $776.0 million in Q3 2025, and $732.0 million in Q2 2025.