secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WASTE MANAGEMENT INC (WM)
CIK:        0000823768
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-050425
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

WM Q1 adj. operating EBITDA +5.9%, cash flow +24%, reaffirms FY outlook
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- Revenue $6.23B (+3.5% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.81 vs $1.67 prior year.
- Adjusted operating EBITDA $1.85B, margin 29.8% (+70 bps); collection & disposal margin +110 bps.
- Cash from ops $1.5B (+24%); free cash flow $920M (nearly double prior year $475M).
- Returned $729M to shareholders: $385M dividends, $344M buybacks.
- Reaffirms full-year financial outlook; completed three recycling facilities adding ~300K tons capacity.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926050425/0001104659-26-050425-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926050425/tm2612889d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-050425

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