Waste Management (WM) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Change in Cash came in at -$52.0 million in Q1 2026, up 66.67% year-on-year from -$31.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 372.73% quarter-over-quarter from -$11.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Change in Cash across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$52.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Change in Cash for Q1 2026 came in at -$52.0 million, up 66.67% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$86.0 million (up 8.51% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$190.0 million, down 192.31% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash came in at -$52.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from -$11.0 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.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is -$52.0 million (2026), against an average of $3.0 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Cash plunged 709.78% in 2022 and jumped 3492.31% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's Change in Cash stood at $197.0 million in 2022, then surged by 53.3% to $302.0 million in 2023, then sank by 166.23% to -$200.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 94.5% to -$11.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 372.73% to -$52.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Cash figures came in at -$52.0 million (Q1 2026), -$11.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$244.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 975.02 Mn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 93.07 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -278.32 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -89.96 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 -10.21 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -52.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -4.98 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -52.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -11.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -244.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 221.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -156.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -200.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 441.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -179.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -127.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 302.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -13.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -129.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -53.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 197.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -745.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 747.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 52.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -11.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -92.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -309.00 Mn