Waste Management (WM) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Cash from Operations came in at 1501000000.0 in Q1 2026, up 24.25% year-on-year from 1208000000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 11.6% quarter-over-quarter from 1698000000.0 in Q4 2025.

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

Waste Management has disclosed Cash from Operations across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 1501000000.0 for Q1 2026.

  • Cash from Operations for Q1 2026 came in at 1501000000.0, up 24.25% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6336000000.0 (up 21.12% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 6043000000.0, up 12.12% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Operations came in at 1501000000.0 for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from 1698000000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Operations ranged from a high of 1698000000.0 in Q4 2025 to a low of 1030000000.0 in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Operations is 1263000000.0 (2023), against an average of 1305235294.12.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash from Operations decreased 17.01% in 2023 and soared 33.88% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's Cash from Operations stood at 1049000000.0 in 2022, then surged by 31.74% to 1382000000.0 in 2023, then grew by 9.33% to 1511000000.0 in 2024, then gained by 12.38% to 1698000000.0 in 2025, then retreated by 11.6% to 1501000000.0 in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Operations figures came in at 1501000000.0 (Q1 2026), 1698000000.0 (Q4 2025), and 1592000000.0 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Operations (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 545.60 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 6.30 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 62.25 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 -2.70 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 1.50 Bn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -3.78 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.70 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.70 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.59 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.55 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.36 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.36 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.15 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.37 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.38 Bn