Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 12.83% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 611.0% to 12.83% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 11.17% through Dec 2025, up 139.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 11.17% for FY2025, 139.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 12.83% in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from 12.66% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 20.67% in Q1 2021 to a low of 3.79% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 10.75% across 5 years, with a median of 10.12% in 2024.
  • Biggest YoY gain for FCF Margin was 1247bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -17048bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 4.64% in 2021, then decreased by -18bps to 3.79% in 2022, then soared by 72bps to 6.52% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 6.72% in 2024, then soared by 91bps to 12.83% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for WM at 12.83% in Q4 2025, 12.66% in Q3 2025, and 12.64% in Q2 2025.