---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-087575"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WM"
cik: "0000823768"
company_name: "WASTE MANAGEMENT INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-28T20:42:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-28T20:44:06.754383+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WM Q2 2026: Revenue $6.68B, Adj. EPS $2.02, Cash Flow Up 12%

## Summary
- Revenue $6.68B (+4.0% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $2.02 vs $1.92; adjusted operating EBITDA $2.07B (+5.5%).
- Cash from operations $1.73B (+11.6%); free cash flow $1.10B (+34.5%).
- Returned $1.04B to shareholders: $659M in buybacks, $379M in dividends.
- Full-year guidance: adjusted EBITDA $8.15-8.25B; free cash flow $3.75-3.85B; revenue revised to $26.275-26.475B.
- Completed four sustainability growth projects: three RNG facilities and one recycling facility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-087575
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WM
- cik: 0000823768
- company_name: WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-28T20:42:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926087575/0001104659-26-087575-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/823768/000110465926087575/tm2621414d1_8k.htm

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