What is Waste Management's acquisitions?

Waste Management (WM) reported acquisitions of $0 in Q4 2025.

How has Waste Management's acquisitions changed year-over-year?

Waste Management's acquisitions decreased by 100.0% year-over-year, from $6.71B to $0.

What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's acquisitions?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's acquisitions has grown at a 51.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $75M to $395M.

What does acquisitions mean?

Cash paid for business acquisitions net of cash acquired in the target company — the primary M&A cash flow line.

Waste Management WM Acquisitions

Acquisitions at other companies

Clean HarborsCLH

$131.82M—

Casella Waste SystemsCWST

$94.56M-8.7%

Republic ServicesRSG

$437M-47.6%

Waste ConnectionsWCN

$63.09M-83.4%

TerexTEX

$0-100%

Smurfit Kappa GroupSW

$18M+350%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.2B+3.5%

Gross profit$2.5B+5.3%

Operating income$1.1B+9.9%

Net income$723.0M+13.5%

EPS (diluted)$1.79+13.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$158.0M-26.9%

Total debt$1.6B+5.8%

Total equity$10.0B+15.8%

Total assets$45.7B+2.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.5B+24.3%

CapEx$650.0M-21.8%

Free cash flow$851.0M+126%

Valuation

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Market cap$93.03B+1.9%

P/E33.3×-0.3×

P/S3.7×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin40.7%+1.2pp

Operating margin17.3%-0.4pp

Net margin11%-0.7pp

FCF margin12.9%+4.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity29.9%-4.1pp

Debt / equity0.2×0.0×

Current ratio0.9×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Waste Management in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired.

The official record: Waste Management’s 10-K, filed February 9, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Waste Management's acquisitions?: Waste Management (WM) reported acquisitions of $0 in Q4 2025.
How has Waste Management's acquisitions changed year-over-year?: Waste Management's acquisitions decreased by 100.0% year-over-year, from $6.71B to $0.
What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's acquisitions?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's acquisitions has grown at a 51.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $75M to $395M.
What does acquisitions mean?: Cash paid for business acquisitions net of cash acquired in the target company — the primary M&A cash flow line.