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Waste Management (WM) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.41 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 44.05% to 0.41 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.47 through Dec 2025, down 14.77% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.47 for FY2025, 14.77% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.41 in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.42 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.29 in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.6 across 5 years, with a median of 0.53 in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 62.32% in 2021 and later soared 129.89% in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.11 in 2021, then rose by 28.61% to 1.42 in 2022, then crashed by 49.34% to 0.72 in 2023, then grew by 1.98% to 0.73 in 2024, then crashed by 44.05% to 0.41 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for WM at 0.41 in Q4 2025, 0.41 in Q3 2025, and 0.41 in Q2 2025.