Waste Free Cash Flow from 2010 to 2024

WM Stock  USD 209.00  2.64  1.25%   
Waste Management Free Cash Flow yearly trend continues to be very stable with very little volatility. Free Cash Flow is likely to grow to about 1.9 B this year. Free Cash Flow is the amount of cash Waste Management generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets. View All Fundamentals
 
Free Cash Flow  
First Reported
1990-03-31
Previous Quarter
487 M
Current Value
577 M
Quarterly Volatility
311.9 M
 
Oil Shock
 
Dot-com Bubble
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
Check Waste Management financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Waste Management's main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Depreciation And Amortization of 1.1 B, Interest Expense of 276.7 M or Total Revenue of 10.9 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 2.65, Dividend Yield of 0.0158 or PTB Ratio of 11.03. Waste financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Waste Management Valuation or Volatility modules.
  
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Latest Waste Management's Free Cash Flow Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Free Cash Flow of Waste Management over the last few years. It is the amount of cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets. Waste Management's Free Cash Flow historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Waste Management's overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.
Free Cash Flow10 Years Trend
Slightly volatile
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Waste Free Cash Flow Regression Statistics

Arithmetic Mean1,511,626,667
Coefficient Of Variation39.80
Mean Deviation468,341,333
Median1,671,000,000
Standard Deviation601,620,763
Sample Variance361947.5T
Range2.4B
R-Value0.85
Mean Square Error109823.2T
R-Squared0.72
Significance0.000066
Slope114,010,714
Total Sum of Squares5067265.6T

Waste Free Cash Flow History

20241.9 B
20231.8 B
20221.9 B
20212.4 B
20201.8 B
20192.1 B
20181.9 B

Other Fundumenentals of Waste Management

Waste Management Free Cash Flow component correlations

About Waste Management Financial Statements

Waste Management investors utilize fundamental indicators, such as Free Cash Flow, to predict how Waste Stock might perform in the future. Analyzing these trends over time helps investors make informed market timing decisions. For further insights, please visit our fundamental analysis page.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Free Cash Flow1.8 B1.9 B
Free Cash Flow Yield 0.03  0.03 
Free Cash Flow Per Share 4.50  4.73 
EV To Free Cash Flow 48.40  50.82 
Price To Free Cash Flows Ratio 39.76  41.75 
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.39  0.41 

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Is Environmental & Facilities Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Waste Management. If investors know Waste will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Waste Management listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.153
Dividend Share
2.95
Earnings Share
6.54
Revenue Per Share
53.245
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.079
The market value of Waste Management is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Waste that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Waste Management's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Waste Management's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Waste Management's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Waste Management's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Waste Management's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Waste Management is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Waste Management's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.