Waste Management (WM) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Waste Management has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $851.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $851.0 million, up 125.73% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.3 billion (up 79.1% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.8 billion, up 30.43% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow came in at $851.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, up from $810.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $851.0 million in Q1 2026 to a low of $187.0 million in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $510.0 million (2023), against an average of $564.6 million.
• Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow tumbled 54.29% in 2023 and soared 125.73% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Waste Management's Free Cash Flow stood at $187.0 million in 2022, then surged by 81.82% to $340.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 16.47% to $396.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 104.55% to $810.0 million in 2025, then climbed by 5.06% to $851.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $851.0 million (Q1 2026), $810.0 million (Q4 2025), and $816.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.