Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Change in Cash (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Change in Cash for 17 consecutive years, with -$11.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Cash rose 94.5% to -$11.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$190.0 million through Dec 2025, down 192.31% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$190.0 million for FY2025, 192.31% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash hit -$11.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from -$244.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $747.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$745.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Change in Cash has averaged -$17.6 million across 5 years, with a median of -$47.5 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Cash: crashed 709.78% in 2022 and later soared 3492.31% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Change in Cash stood at -$11.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 1890.91% to $197.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 53.3% to $302.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 166.23% to -$200.0 million in 2024, then soared by 94.5% to -$11.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Cash for WM at -$11.0 million in Q4 2025, -$244.0 million in Q3 2025, and $221.0 million in Q2 2025.