Deferred Revenue
Waste Management Deferred Revenue increased by 5.3% to $735.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 9.2%, from $673.00M to $735.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows an upward trend with a 6.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $557.00M | $562.00M | $571.00M | $600.00M | $616.00M | $591.00M | $589.00M | $584.00M | $568.00M | $587.00M | $578.00M | $586.00M | $584.00M | $599.00M | $673.00M | $685.00M | $689.00M | $698.00M | $735.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.9% | +1.6% | +5.1% | +2.7% | -4.1% | -0.3% | -0.8% | -2.7% | +3.3% | -1.5% | +1.4% | -0.3% | +2.6% | +12.4% | +1.8% | +0.6% | +1.3% | +5.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +10.6% | +5.2% | +3.2% | -2.7% | -7.8% | -0.7% | -1.9% | +0.3% | +2.8% | +2.0% | +16.4% | +16.9% | +18.0% | +16.5% | +9.2% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Waste Management's deferred revenue?
- Waste Management (WM) reported deferred revenue of $735.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Waste Management's deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Waste Management's deferred revenue increased by 9.2% year-over-year, from $673.00M to $735.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Waste Management's deferred revenue has grown at a 6.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $539.00M to $735.00M.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.