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WASTE MANAGEMENT INC WM

Refuse Systems · CIK 0000823768 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$25.20B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$4.31B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM) reported revenue of $25.20B and net income of $2.71B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from WASTE MANAGEMENT INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Refuse Systems.

Income

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$25.20B$22.06B$20.43B$19.70B$17.93B$15.22B$15.46B$14.91B$14.48B$13.61B
Cost of revenue$15.01B$13.38B$12.61B$12.29B$11.11B$9.34B$9.50B$9.25B$9.02B$8.49B
Gross profit$10.19B$8.68B$7.82B$7.40B$6.82B$5.88B$5.96B$5.66B$5.46B$5.12B
Operating income$4.31B$4.06B$3.58B$3.36B$2.96B$2.43B$2.71B$2.79B$2.64B$2.30B
Net income$2.71B$2.75B$2.30B$2.24B$1.82B$1.50B$1.67B$1.92B$1.95B$1.18B
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 404.20Mshares 403.40Mshares 406.90Mshares 415.00Mshares 422.90Mshares 425.10Mshares 427.50Mshares 432.20Mshares 441.90Mshares 446.50M
Pretax income$3.43B$3.46B$3.02B$2.92B$2.35B$1.89B$2.10B$2.38B$2.19B$1.82B
Income tax expense$717.00M$713.00M$745.00M$678.00M$532.00M$397.00M$434.00M$453.00M$242.00M$642.00M
Diluted EPS$6.70$6.81$5.66$5.39$4.29$3.52$3.91$4.45$4.41$2.65
Selling, general & administrative$2.72B$2.26B$1.93B$1.94B$1.86B$1.73B$1.63B$1.45B$1.47B$1.41B
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$201.00M$414.00M$458.00M$351.00M$118.00M$553.00M$3.56B$61.00M$22.00M$32.00M
Total assets$45.84B$44.57B$32.82B$31.37B$29.10B$29.34B$27.74B$22.65B$21.83B$20.86B
Current assets$4.91B$4.77B$3.80B$3.55B$3.07B$3.54B$6.21B$2.64B$2.69B$2.38B
Total liabilities$35.84B$36.31B$25.93B$24.50B$21.97B$21.89B$20.67B$16.37B$15.79B$15.54B
Current liabilities$5.52B$6.26B$4.23B$4.39B$4.08B$3.55B$3.14B$3.11B$3.26B$2.79B
Total equity incl. NCI$9.99B$8.25B$6.90B$6.86B$7.13B$7.45B$7.07B$6.28B$6.04B$5.32B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$3.44B$3.27B$2.63B$2.46B$2.28B$2.10B$1.95B$1.93B$1.80B$1.70B
Goodwill$13.88B$13.44B$9.25B$9.32B$9.03B$8.99B$6.53B$6.43B$6.25B$6.22B
Long-term debt$22.20B$22.54B$15.90B$14.57B$12.70B$13.26B$13.28B$9.59B$8.75B$8.89B
Accounts payable$1.87B$2.05B$1.71B$1.77B$1.38B$1.12B$1.06B$1.04B$1.04B$799.00M

Cash flow

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$6.04B$5.39B$4.72B$4.54B$4.34B$3.40B$3.87B$3.57B$3.18B$3.00B
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$2.81B$2.04B$1.58B$1.82B$1.67B$1.57B$1.35B
Investing cash flow-$3.57B-$10.60B-$3.09B-$3.06B-$1.89B-$4.85B-$2.38B-$2.17B-$1.62B-$1.93B
Financing cash flow-$2.67B$5.16B-$1.52B-$1.22B-$2.90B-$1.56B$1.96B-$1.51B-$1.36B-$1.08B
Net change in cash-$190.00M-$65.00M$107.00M$251.00M-$454.00M-$3.00B$3.46B-$110.00M$199.00M-$10.00M
Stock-based compensation$169.00M$118.00M$93.00M$84.00M$108.00M$94.00M$86.00M$89.00M$101.00M$90.00M
Common dividends paid$1.33B$1.21B$1.14B$1.08B$970.00M$927.00M$876.00M$802.00M$750.00M$726.00M
Common share repurchasesUnavailable$262.00M$1.30B$1.50B$1.35B$402.00M$248.00M$1.00B$750.00M$725.00M
Depreciation & amortization$2.86B$2.27B$2.07B$2.04B$2.00B$1.67B$1.57B$1.48B$1.38B$1.30B

Derived

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$1.82B$2.06B$1.90B$1.61B$1.66B
Gross margin40.4%39.3%38.3%37.6%38.0%38.6%38.6%38.0%37.7%37.6%
Operating margin17.1%18.4%17.5%17.1%16.5%16.0%17.5%18.7%18.2%16.9%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable11.9%13.3%12.7%11.1%12.2%
SBC / revenue0.7%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.7%
Current ratio0.89x0.76x0.90x0.81x0.75x1.00x1.97x0.85x0.83x0.85x
Revenue YoY growth14.2%8.0%3.7%9.9%17.8%-1.5%3.6%3.0%6.4%Unavailable
Net margin10.7%12.4%11.3%11.4%10.1%9.8%10.8%12.9%13.5%8.7%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable10.4%11.7%11.2%10.8%9.9%
Long-term debt / equity2.22xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate20.9%20.6%24.7%23.2%22.6%21.0%20.6%19.1%11.0%35.2%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open WM in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-07-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-29View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-09View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-28View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-29View SEC filing

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