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

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $810.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 104.55% to $810.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $2.8 billion through Dec 2025, up 30.43% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.8 billion for FY2025, 30.43% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $810.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from $816.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $850.0 million in Q1 2021 to a low of $187.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $559.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $543.5 million in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: soared 177.78% in 2021 and later plummeted 54.29% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $217.0 million in 2021, then decreased by 13.82% to $187.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 81.82% to $340.0 million in 2023, then increased by 16.47% to $396.0 million in 2024, then soared by 104.55% to $810.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for WM at $810.0 million in Q4 2025, $816.0 million in Q3 2025, and $813.0 million in Q2 2025.