Growth Metrics

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

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Change in Receivables for 17 consecutive years, with $58.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Receivables fell 30.12% to $58.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $511.0 million through Dec 2025, up 63.26% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $511.0 million for FY2025, 63.26% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Receivables hit $58.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from $130.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Receivables ranged from a high of $374.0 million in Q2 2025 to a low of -$199.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Change in Receivables has averaged $64.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $70.5 million in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Receivables: tumbled 132.94% in 2021 and later surged 607.69% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Change in Receivables stood at -$84.0 million in 2021, then surged by 371.43% to $228.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 115.79% to -$36.0 million in 2023, then soared by 330.56% to $83.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 30.12% to $58.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Receivables for WM at $58.0 million in Q4 2025, $130.0 million in Q3 2025, and $374.0 million in Q2 2025.