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Waste Management (WM) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $810.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 104.55% year-over-year to $810.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.8 billion, up 30.43%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.8 billion, 30.43% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $810.0 million at Waste Management, down from $816.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $850.0 million in Q1 2021 and bottomed at $187.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $543.5 million (2023), against an average of $559.1 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow surged 177.78% in 2021 before it crashed 54.29% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $217.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 13.82% to $187.0 million in 2022, then soared by 81.82% to $340.0 million in 2023, then grew by 16.47% to $396.0 million in 2024, then surged by 104.55% to $810.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WM's Free Cash Flow are $810.0 million (Q4 2025), $816.0 million (Q3 2025), and $813.0 million (Q2 2025).