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Waste Management Cash Flow Statement

Operating, investing, and financing cash movements

Waste Management generated $6.3B in operating cash flow over the trailing twelve months. After $3.0B in capital expenditures, free cash flow was $3.3B. Free cash flow increased 0.8% year-over-year. Based on the Q1 2026 filing.

Net Cash From Operating (TTM)$6.3BNet Cash From Investing (TTM)-$3.5BNet Cash From Financing (TTM)-$3.0BCapital Expenditures (TTM)$3.0BDepreciation And Amortization Cf (TTM)$2.9BNet Change In Cash (TTM)-$86.0M
Latest FilingQ1 2026
Report Date2026-04-29
Market Cap$87.9B
P/E Ratio31.45
ROE29.93%

Investing

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired$6.7B$3M$363M$29M$0—
Capital expenditures$1.1B$831M$732M$776M$888M$650M
Payment for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activity—$93M———$150M
Proceeds From Divestiture Of Businesses Net Of Cash Divested And Proceeds From Sales Of Assets Investing Activities$59M$98M$5M$5M$13M$69M
Net cash from investing activities-$7.8B-$829M-$1.1B-$784M-$867M-$731M

Operating

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Gain on sale of property, plant, and equipment$30M$9M$3M$2M$7M$1M
Change in accounts payable$132M-$287M$329M—$6M-$178M
Change in other assets-$88M-$56M-$85M-$35M-$49M-$67M
Deferred income taxes$59M$59M$20M$162M$122M$112M
Depreciation and amortization$652M$691M$708M$729M$770M$735M
Net cash from operating activities$1.5B$1.2B$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B$1.5B
Net income$598M$637M$727M$603M$742M$723M
Gain Loss From Divestitures Asset Impairments And Other Noncash Portion$20M$2M$24M$213M$9M-$26M
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts and Other Receivables$83M-$51M$374M$130M$58M-$30M
Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue And Other Operating Liabilities-$85M$29M-$104M-$80M-$64M$4M
Increase (Decrease) in Other Current Assets-$78M$91M—$23M—$46M
Provision For Doubtful Accounts And Other Credit Losses$14M$19M$24M$18M$32M$29M
Stock-based compensation$34M$51M$41M$43M$34M$52M

Financing

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Dividends paid$301M$336M$333M$332M$333M$385M
Proceeds from new debt$5.2B$5B$4.1B$5.8B$5.5B$6B
Other, net-$62M-$10M-$4M-$3M$0-$1M
Repayment of Long-Term Debt, Long-Term Lease Obligation, and Capital Security$7.3B$5.2B$4.1B$6.5B$6B$6.1B
Payment of Deferred Purchase Consideration-$62M-$10M-$4M-$3M$0-$1M
Noncontrolling interest transactions and other-$62M-$10M-$4M-$3M$0-$1M
Net cash from financing activities$6.1B-$536M-$245M-$1B-$843M-$821M
Noncontrolling Interests Activity and Other-$62M-$10M-$4M-$3M$0-$1M
Proceeds from issuance of common stock$11M$25M$25M$4M$7M$26M
Repurchases of common stock—————$344M
Taxes paid for net share settlement$3M$45M$4M$1M$1M$40M

Free Cash Flow

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Free cash flow$396M$377M$813M$816M$810M$851M

Other

MetricQ4 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash-$7M$1M$7M—$1M-$1M
Net increase (decrease) in cash-$200M-$156M$221M-$244M-$11M-$52M