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Waste Management WM Operating Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow at other companies

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$21.54M+226%

Clean HarborsCLH

$6.3M+292%

Casella Waste SystemsCWST

$62.25M+24.2%

Republic ServicesRSG

$1.23B+19.7%

Waste ConnectionsWCN

$545.6M+0.7%

TerexTEX

-$31M-47.6%

Other financials

Income statement

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

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

CapEx$650.0M-21.8%

Free cash flow$851.0M+126%

Valuation

Market cap$89.58B-4.0%

P/E32.1×-2.8×

P/S3.5×-0.5×

Profitability

Gross margin40.7%+1.2pp

Operating margin17.3%-0.4pp

Net margin11%-0.7pp

FCF margin12.9%+4.9pp

Returns & leverage

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:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

The official record: Waste Management’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Waste Management's operating cash flow?: Waste Management (WM) reported operating cash flow of $1.5B in Q1 2026.
How has Waste Management's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: Waste Management's operating cash flow increased by 24.3% year-over-year, from $1.21B to $1.5B.
What is the long-term trend for Waste Management's operating cash flow?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Management's operating cash flow has grown at a 8.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $4.34B to $6.04B.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.