Waste Management (WM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.45 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.45, down 49.24% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.42 (down 37.17% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.47, down 14.77% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.45 for Q1 2026 at 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 0.33 in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.54 (2022), against an average of 0.61.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 129.89% in 2023 and tumbled 49.24% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Waste Management's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.42 in 2022, then slumped by 41.9% to 0.83 in 2023, then fell by 11.09% to 0.73 in 2024, then plunged by 44.05% to 0.41 in 2025, then climbed by 10.05% to 0.45 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.45 (Q1 2026), 0.41 (Q4 2025), and 0.41 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.