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

Waste Management's (WM) quarterly Net Cash Flow came in at -$51.0 million in Q1 2026, up 67.52% year-on-year from -$30.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 325.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$12.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Management (WM) Net Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Management has disclosed Net Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$51.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Net Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$51.0 million, up 67.52% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$90.0 million (down 2.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$196.0 million, down 250.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow came in at -$51.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Management, down from -$12.0 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.
  • The 5-year median for Net Cash Flow is -$51.0 million (2026), against an average of $3.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Cash Flow tumbled 720.0% in 2022 and surged 4090.91% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Waste Management's Net Cash Flow stood at $197.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 51.78% to $299.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 164.55% to -$193.0 million in 2024, then soared by 93.78% to -$12.0 million in 2025, then plunged by 325.0% to -$51.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Net Cash Flow figures came in at -$51.0 million (Q1 2026), -$12.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$241.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 1.23 Bn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 93.76 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -274.68 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -89.96 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -10.24 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -51.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -4.98 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -51.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -51.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -12.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -12.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -241.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -241.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 214.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 214.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -157.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -157.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -193.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -193.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 439.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 439.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -177.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -177.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -125.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -125.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 299.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 299.00 Mn