Waste Management (WM) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$731.0 million in Q1 2026, up 11.82% year-on-year from -$653.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 15.69% quarter-over-quarter from -$867.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$731.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 came in at -$731.0 million, up 11.82% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$3.5 billion (up 67.51% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$3.6 billion, up 66.36% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$731.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, up from -$867.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of -$480.0 million in Q3 2024 to a low of -$7.8 billion in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$784.0 million (2025), against an average of -$1.2 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash from Investing Activities tumbled 616.05% in 2024 and jumped 88.83% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$1.0 billion in 2022, then declined by 5.55% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then sank by 616.05% to -$7.8 billion in 2024, then surged by 88.83% to -$867.0 million in 2025, then gained by 15.69% to -$731.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$731.0 million (Q1 2026), -$867.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$784.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn -355.70 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -222.72 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -144.18 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -7.54 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -731.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -964,000.00
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -731.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -731.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -867.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -867.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -784.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -784.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -1.09 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -829.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -829.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -7.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -480.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -480.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.60 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -1.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -755.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -755.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.08 Bn