Financing Cash Flow
Waste Management Financing Cash Flow increased by 2.6% to -$821.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 53.2%, from -$536.00M to -$821.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows relatively stable performance with a -2.7% CAGR.
Analysis
How to read this metric
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Peer comparison
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
net_cash_from_financingHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '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 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$980.00M | -$876.00M | -$214.00M | -$635.00M | $228.00M | -$984.00M | -$319.00M | -$600.00M | -$606.00M | $0.00 | -$737.00M | $273.00M | -$439.00M | $6.06B | -$536.00M | -$245.00M | -$1.05B | -$843.00M | -$821.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +10.6% | +75.6% | -196.7% | +135.9% | -531.6% | +67.6% | -88.1% | -1.0% | +100.0% | — | +137.0% | -260.8% | >999% | -108.8% | +54.3% | -328.2% | +19.6% | +2.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +123.3% | -12.3% | +49.8% | -363.2% | +38.4% | — | -131.0% | +145.5% | +27.6% | — | +27.3% | -189.7% | -139.0% | -113.9% | -53.2% |
Financing Cash Flow at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Waste Management's financing cash flow?
- Waste Management (WM) reported financing cash flow of -$821.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Waste Management's financing cash flow changed year-over-year?
- Waste Management's financing cash flow decreased by 53.2% year-over-year, from -$536.00M to -$821.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's financing cash flow?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's financing cash flow has grown at a -2.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$2.90B to -$2.67B.
- What does financing cash flow mean?
- The total amount of money a company spends or receives from borrowing debt and managing its own shares and dividends.