Growth Metrics

Waste Management (WM) Short term Debt (2016 - 2025)

Waste Management (WM) has disclosed Short term Debt for 17 consecutive years, with $711.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Short term Debt fell 47.68% to $711.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $711.0 million through Dec 2025, down 47.68% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $711.0 million for FY2025, 47.68% down from the prior year.
  • Short term Debt hit $711.0 million in Q4 2025 for Waste Management, down from $880.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short term Debt ranged from a high of $1.4 billion in Q4 2024 to a low of $231.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Short term Debt has averaged $542.7 million across 5 years, with a median of $424.5 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short term Debt: plummeted 88.68% in 2021 and later soared 306.89% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Short term Debt stood at $708.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 41.53% to $414.0 million in 2022, then fell by 19.32% to $334.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 306.89% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then crashed by 47.68% to $711.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Short term Debt for WM at $711.0 million in Q4 2025, $880.0 million in Q3 2025, and $964.0 million in Q2 2025.