Growth Metrics

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

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Net Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$12.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Cash Flow rose 93.78% to -$12.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$196.0 million through Dec 2025, down 250.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$196.0 million for FY2025, 250.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow hit -$12.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, up from -$241.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Cash Flow ranged from a high of $747.0 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$738.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Net Cash Flow has averaged -$17.3 million across 5 years, with a median of -$48.5 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Cash Flow: tumbled 720.0% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 4090.91% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Net Cash Flow stood at -$11.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 1890.91% to $197.0 million in 2022, then soared by 51.78% to $299.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 164.55% to -$193.0 million in 2024, then surged by 93.78% to -$12.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Net Cash Flow for WM at -$12.0 million in Q4 2025, -$241.0 million in Q3 2025, and $214.0 million in Q2 2025.