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Waste Management (WM)

NYSE Industrials Environmental & Facilities Services S&P 500
$236.26
-5.01 (-2.08%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: Waste Management's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 06, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$13.61B$14.48B$14.91B$15.46B$15.22B$17.93B$19.70B$20.43B$22.06B$25.20B
Cost of revenue$8.49B$9.02B$9.25B$9.50B$9.34B$11.11B$12.29B$12.61B$13.38B$15.01B
Gross profit$5.12B$5.46B$5.67B$5.96B$5.88B$6.82B$7.40B$7.82B$8.68B$10.19B
Selling, general & admin$1.41B$1.47B$1.45B$1.63B$1.73B$1.86B$1.94B$1.93B$2.26B$2.72B
Operating income$2.30B$2.64B$2.79B$2.71B$2.43B$2.96B$3.37B$3.58B$4.06B$4.31B
Pre-tax income$1.82B$2.19B$2.38B$2.10B$1.89B$2.35B$2.92B$3.02B$3.46B$3.43B
Income tax$642.00M$242.00M$453.00M$434.00M$397.00M$532.00M$678.00M$745.00M$713.00M$717.00M
Net income$1.18B$1.95B$1.93B$1.67B$1.50B$1.82B$2.24B$2.30B$2.75B$2.71B
EBITDA$3.60B$4.01B$4.27B$4.28B$4.11B$4.96B$5.40B$5.65B$6.33B$7.17B
EPS (basic)$2.66$4.44$4.49$3.93$3.54$4.32$5.42$5.69$6.84$6.72
EPS (diluted)$2.65$4.41$4.45$3.91$3.52$4.29$5.39$5.66$6.81$6.70
Diluted shares446.50M441.90M432.20M427.50M425.10M422.90M415.00M406.90M403.40M404.20M
Gross margin37.6%37.7%38.0%38.6%38.6%38.0%37.6%38.3%39.3%40.4%
Operating margin16.9%18.2%18.7%17.5%16.0%16.5%17.1%17.5%18.4%17.1%
Net margin8.7%13.5%12.9%10.8%9.8%10.1%11.4%11.3%12.4%10.7%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Cash & equivalents$32.00M$22.00M$61.00M$3.56B$553.00M$118.00M$351.00M$458.00M$414.00M$201.00M
Receivables$1.70B$1.80B$1.93B$1.95B$2.10B$2.28B$2.46B$2.63B$3.27B$3.44B
Total current assets$2.38B$2.69B$2.65B$6.21B$3.54B$3.07B$3.55B$3.80B$4.77B$4.91B
Goodwill$6.21B$6.25B$6.43B$6.53B$8.99B$9.03B$9.32B$9.25B$13.44B$13.88B
Total assets$20.86B$21.83B$22.65B$27.74B$29.34B$29.10B$31.37B$32.82B$44.57B$45.84B
Total current liabilities$2.79B$3.26B$3.11B$3.14B$3.55B$4.08B$4.39B$4.23B$6.26B$5.52B
Short-term debt$417.00M$739.00M$432.00M$218.00M$551.00M$708.00M$414.00M$334.00M$1.36B$711.00M
Long-term debt$8.89B$8.75B$9.59B$13.28B$13.26B$12.70B$14.57B$15.89B$22.54B$22.20B
Total debt$9.31B$9.49B$10.03B$13.50B$13.81B$13.40B$14.98B$16.23B$23.90B$22.91B
Total liabilities$15.54B$15.79B$16.37B$20.67B$21.89B$21.97B$24.50B$25.93B$36.31B$35.84B
Shareholders' equity$5.30B$6.02B$6.28B$7.07B$7.45B$7.12B$6.85B$6.90B$8.25B$9.99B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow$3.00B$3.18B$3.57B$3.87B$3.40B$4.34B$4.54B$4.72B$5.39B$6.04B
Capital expenditures$1.35B$1.57B$1.67B$1.81B$1.58B$2.04B$2.81B$2.90B$3.23B$3.23B
Free cash flow$1.66B$1.61B$1.90B$2.06B$1.82B$2.30B$1.73B$1.82B$2.16B$2.82B
Investing cash flow-$1.93B-$1.62B-$2.17B-$2.38B-$4.85B-$1.89B-$3.06B-$3.09B-$10.60B-$3.57B
Financing cash flow-$1.08B-$1.36B-$1.51B$1.96B-$1.56B-$2.90B-$1.22B-$1.52B$5.16B-$2.67B
Dividends paid$726.00M$750.00M$802.00M$876.00M$927.00M$970.00M$1.08B$1.14B$1.21B$1.33B
Share buybacks$725.00M$750.00M$1.00B$248.00M$402.00M$1.35B$1.50B$1.30B$262.00M—
Stock-based compensation$90.00M$101.00M$89.00M$86.00M$94.00M$108.00M$84.00M$93.00M$118.00M$169.00M
Depreciation & amortization$1.30B$1.38B$1.48B$1.57B$1.67B$2.00B$2.04B$2.07B$2.27B$2.86B

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.