WM · XBRL financial data
Waste Management financial statements, every fiscal year
The same tables from 7 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal years (WM's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 15,218 | 17,931 | 19,698 | 20,426 | 22,063 | 25,204 |
| Cost of goods and services sold | 9,341 | 11,111 | 12,294 | 12,606 | 13,383 | 15,012 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,728 | 1,864 | 1,938 | 1,926 | 2,264 | 2,722 |
| Operating income (loss) | 2,434 | 2,965 | 3,365 | 3,575 | 4,063 | 4,308 |
| Other income (expense) | 5 | 5 | (2) | 6 | (4) | 20 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 397 | 532 | 678 | 745 | 713 | 717 |
| Net income (loss) | 1,496 | 1,816 | 2,238 | 2,304 | 2,746 | 2,708 |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 3.54 | 4.32 | 5.42 | 5.69 | 6.84 | 6.72 |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 3.52 | 4.29 | 5.39 | 5.66 | 6.81 | 6.70 |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 423 | 420 | 413 | 405 | 402 | 403 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 425 | 423 | 415 | 407 | 403 | 404 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal years (WM's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 553 | 118 | 351 | 458 | 414 | 201 |
| Accounts receivable | 2,097 | 2,278 | 2,461 | 2,633 | 3,272 | 3,435 |
| Total current assets | 3,540 | 3,069 | 3,551 | 3,804 | 4,774 | 4,910 |
| Right-of-use asset | 466 | 451 | 456 | 453 | 996 | 959 |
| Goodwill | 8,994 | 9,028 | 9,323 | 9,254 | 13,438 | 13,880 |
| Total assets | 29,345 | 29,097 | 31,367 | 32,823 | 44,567 | 45,835 |
| Accounts payable | 1,121 | 1,375 | 1,766 | 1,709 | 2,046 | 1,867 |
| Accrued liabilities | 1,342 | 1,428 | 1,625 | 1,605 | 2,180 | 2,211 |
| Current portion of long-term debt | — | — | — | — | — | 711 |
| Total current liabilities | 3,553 | 4,082 | 4,394 | 4,226 | 6,258 | 5,524 |
| Lease liability, non-current | 453 | 459 | 460 | 452 | 878 | 845 |
| Total liabilities | 21,891 | 21,971 | 24,503 | 25,927 | 36,313 | 35,844 |
| Retained earnings | 11,159 | 12,004 | 13,167 | 14,334 | 15,858 | 17,232 |
| Total stockholders' equity | 7,452 | 7,124 | 6,849 | 6,903 | 8,252 | 9,990 |
| Total liabilities and equity | 29,345 | 29,097 | 31,367 | 32,823 | 44,567 | 45,835 |
| Common shares outstanding (cover page) millions of shares | 423 | 415 | 408 | 402 | 402 | 403 |
Cash flows
CSVFiscal years (WM's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 1,496 | 1,816 | 2,238 | 2,304 | 2,746 | 2,708 |
| Stock-based compensation | 94 | 108 | 84 | 93 | 118 | 169 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,671 | 1,999 | 2,038 | 2,071 | 2,267 | 2,863 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 3,403 | 4,338 | 4,536 | 4,719 | 5,390 | 6,043 |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 1,585 | 2,039 | 2,809 | — | — | — |
| Net cash from investing activities | (4,847) | (1,894) | (3,063) | (3,091) | (10,601) | (3,566) |
| Share repurchases | 402 | 1,350 | 1,500 | 1,302 | 262 | — |
| Dividends paid | 927 | 970 | 1,077 | 1,136 | 1,210 | 1,334 |
| Net cash from financing activities | (1,559) | (2,900) | (1,216) | (1,524) | 5,155 | (2,673) |
| Net change in cash | (2,999) | (454) | 251 | 107 | (65) | (190) |
Compare with peers
SIC 4953 and related industry codes, similar size; rows marked “added: same SIC” fill a short list. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 4953 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- Fewer than three companies fall in that range, so the list adds same-SIC (4953) companies nearest in public float, each marked “added: same SIC”.
- Runway shows only for companies burning cash with under $10B of public float.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
- A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Runway | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Management | 247 | 6,846 | 1,640* | 397.6M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Republic Services | 92 | 4,559 | 1,139* | 304.6M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Waste Connections | 96 | 2,638 | 692* | 250.2M | — | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Casella Waste Systemsadded: same SIC | 26 | 544 | 99* | not reported | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Enviriadded: same SIC | 253 | 187 | (297)* | 28.2M | 0.9 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Safe & Green Developmentadded: same SIC | 2.2 | 4.3 | not reported | 2.6M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Vivakoradded: same SIC | 0.3 | 32 | (0.3)* | 8.2M | 0.7 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Quest Resource Holdingadded: same SIC | 1 | 64 | 4.5* | 21.1M | — | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
| Deep Isolation Nuclearadded: same SIC | 19 | 1.3 | (2.8)* | 57.7M | 6.9 quarters | 10-QJun 30, 2026 |
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