$WM
WASTE MANAGEMENT INC Stock $wm

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2015 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312516467957 Filed on February 18, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2015	2014 Q4	2014 Q3
Revenue	$12.96B	$3.437B	$3.602B
YoY Change	-7.39%	-1.8%	-0.52%
Cost Of Revenue	$8.231B	$1.890B	$2.299B
YoY Change	-8.56%	-4.69%	-1.12%
Gross Profit	$4.730B	$1.547B	$1.303B
YoY Change	-5.29%	1.98%	0.54%
Gross Profit Margin	36.49%	45.01%	36.17%
Selling, General & Admin	$1.343B	$656.0M	$377.0M
YoY Change	-9.32%	-0.61%	8.02%
% of Gross Profit	28.39%	42.4%	28.93%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$1.245B	$307.0M	$329.0M
YoY Change	-3.64%	-6.12%	-4.36%
% of Gross Profit	26.32%	19.84%	25.25%
Operating Expenses	$1.343B	$963.0M	$377.0M
YoY Change	-9.32%	-2.43%	8.02%
Operating Profit	$2.045B	$752.0M	$546.0M
YoY Change	-11.05%	-283.41%	-5.37%
Interest Expense	-$385.0M	-$131.0M	-$114.0M
YoY Change	-17.38%	0.0%	-4.2%
% of Operating Profit	-18.83%	-17.42%	-20.88%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$7.000M	-$22.00M	-$2.000M
YoY Change	-75.86%	-64.52%	-33.33%
Pretax Income	$1.060B	$599.0M	$414.0M
YoY Change	-39.46%	-199.34%	-8.41%
Income Tax	$308.0M	$1.000M	$133.0M
% Of Pretax Income	29.06%	0.17%	32.13%
Net Earnings	$753.0M	$598.0M	$281.0M
YoY Change	-41.99%	-198.84%	-3.44%
Net Earnings / Revenue	5.81%	17.4%	7.8%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.66	$1.29	$0.59
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.65	$1.28	$0.58
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	452.7M shares	457.9M shares	460.8M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	455.9M shares		463.6M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2015	2014 Q4	2014 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$39.00M	$1.307B	$183.0M
YoY Change	-97.02%	456.17%	16.56%
Cash & Equivalents	$39.00M	$1.307B	$183.0M
Short-Term Investments			$0.00
Other Short-Term Assets	$120.0M	$176.0M	$123.0M
YoY Change	-31.82%	7.98%	-10.87%
Inventory	$92.00M	$106.0M	$106.0M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$1.549B	$1.587B	$1.643B
Other Receivables	$545.0M	$350.0M	$70.00M
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.345B	$3.526B	$4.116B
YoY Change	-33.49%	41.1%	70.29%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$10.67B	$10.66B	$10.85B
YoY Change	0.08%	-13.67%	-14.04%
Goodwill		$5.740B	$5.766B
YoY Change		-5.44%	-12.54%
Intangibles		$440.0M	$464.0M
YoY Change		-16.82%	-18.45%
Long-Term Investments	$360.0M	$228.0M	$443.0M
YoY Change	-11.76%	-47.83%	-32.47%
Other Assets	$536.0M	$526.0M	$573.0M
YoY Change	1.9%	-29.59%	-24.31%
Total Long-Term Assets	$18.02B	$17.73B	$18.10B
YoY Change	1.41%	-11.33%	-14.63%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.345B	$3.526B	$4.116B
Total Long-Term Assets	$18.02B	$17.73B	$18.10B
Total Assets	$20.37B	$21.25B	$22.21B
YoY Change	-4.37%	-5.5%	-5.94%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$721.0M	$740.0M	$712.0M
YoY Change	-2.57%	-0.54%	-6.68%
Accrued Expenses	$1.064B	$1.180B	$1.100B
YoY Change	-9.83%	10.38%	3.87%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$253.0M	$1.090B	$1.141B
YoY Change	-76.79%	50.14%	100.88%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$2.510B	$3.485B	$3.789B
YoY Change	-27.98%	15.63%	32.39%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$8.676B	$8.345B	$9.023B
YoY Change	3.97%	-12.16%	-4.93%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$2.423B	$709.0M	$679.0M
YoY Change	8.17%	-2.48%	-8.74%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$11.10B	$709.0M	$679.0M
YoY Change	4.86%	-2.48%	-8.74%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$2.510B	$3.485B	$3.789B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$11.10B	$709.0M	$679.0M
Total Liabilities	$15.02B	$15.41B	$16.55B
YoY Change	-2.65%	-7.19%	-0.3%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$6.888B	$6.473B
YoY Change		9.52%	-8.39%
Common Stock		$4.591B	$4.472B
YoY Change		-0.24%	-2.53%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$5.636B	$5.658B
YoY Change		5.58%	10.62%
Treasury Stock Shares		171.7M shares	172.4M shares
Shareholders Equity	$5.345B	$5.866B	$5.364B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$20.37B	$21.30B	$22.21B
YoY Change	-4.37%	-5.78%	-5.94%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2015	2014 Q4	2014 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$753.0M	$598.0M	$281.0M
YoY Change	-41.99%	-198.84%	-3.44%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$1.245B	$307.0M	$329.0M
YoY Change	-3.64%	-6.12%	-4.36%
Cash From Operating Activities	$2.528B	$520.0M	$672.0M
YoY Change	8.45%	-12.9%	-8.7%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$1.229B	-$370.0M	-$307.0M
YoY Change	4.06%	-17.23%	-4.95%
Acquisitions	$554.0M
YoY Change	1482.86%
Other Investing Activities	-$3.000M	$1.941B	$25.00M
YoY Change	-105.17%	-9342.86%	-106.01%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$1.608B	$1.571B	-$282.0M
YoY Change	-261.61%	-435.68%	-61.84%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$600.0M
YoY Change	0.0%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net	$427.0M
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-2.185B	-965.0M	-341.0M
YoY Change	5.45%	323.25%	-5783.33%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	2.528B	520.0M	672.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-1.608B	1.571B	-282.0M
Cash From Financing Activities	-2.185B	-965.0M	-341.0M
Net Change In Cash	-1.265B	1.126B	49.00M
YoY Change	-200.88%	-1237.37%	1533.33%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$2.528B	$520.0M	$672.0M
Capital Expenditures	$1.229B	-$370.0M	-$307.0M
Free Cash Flow	$1.299B	$890.0M	$979.0M
YoY Change	12.96%	-14.75%	-7.55%

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CY2015	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div> <p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"> <b>1. Business</b></p> <p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="justify">The financial statements presented in this report represent the consolidation of Waste Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Waste Management’s wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries; and certain variable interest entities for which Waste Management or its subsidiaries are the primary beneficiaries as described in Note 20. Waste Management is a holding company and all operations are conducted by its subsidiaries. When the terms “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” are used in this document, those terms refer to Waste Management, Inc., its consolidated subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities. When we use the term “WM,” we are referring only to Waste Management, Inc., the parent holding company.</p> <p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="justify">We are North America’s leading provider of comprehensive waste management environmental services. We partner with our residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers and the communities we serve to manage and reduce waste at each stage from collection to disposal, while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. Our “Solid Waste” business is operated and managed locally by our subsidiaries that focus on distinct geographic areas and provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. Through our subsidiaries, we are also a leading developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States.</p> <p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="justify">We evaluate, oversee and manage the financial performance of our Solid Waste business subsidiaries through our 17 geographic Areas. We also provide additional services that are not managed through our Solid Waste business, which are presented in this report as “Other.” Additional information related to our segments can be found in Note 21.</p> <p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="justify">In December 2014, we sold our Wheelabrator business, which provides waste-to-energy services and manages waste-to-energy facilities and independent power production plants. Refer to Note 19 for additional information related to our divestitures.</p> </div>
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CY2015	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <b>24. New Accounting Standard Pending Adoption (Unaudited)</b></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> In May 2014, the FASB amended authoritative guidance associated with revenue recognition. The amended guidance requires companies to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Additionally, the amendments will require enhanced qualitative and quantitative disclosures regarding customer contracts. The amended authoritative guidance associated with revenue recognition is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The amended guidance may be applied retrospectively for all periods presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the amended guidance recognized at the date of initial application. We are in the process of assessing the provisions of the amended guidance and have not determined whether the adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.</p> </div>
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CY2015	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
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CY2015	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; MARGIN-LEFT: 20px; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <b><i>Concentrations of Credit Risk</i></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, investments held within our trust funds and escrow accounts, accounts receivable and derivative instruments. We make efforts to control our exposure to credit risk associated with these instruments by (i) placing our assets and other financial interests with a diverse group of credit-worthy financial institutions; (ii) holding high-quality financial instruments while limiting investments in any one instrument and (iii) maintaining strict policies over credit extension that include credit evaluations, credit limits and monitoring procedures, although generally we do not have collateral requirements for credit extensions. We also control our exposure associated with trade receivables by discontinuing service, to the extent allowable, to non-paying customers. However, our overall credit risk associated with trade receivables is limited due to the large number of diverse customers we serve. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, no single customer represented greater than 5% of total accounts receivable.</p> </div>
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CY2015	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
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CY2015	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 2%; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt"> <b><i>Estimates and Assumptions</i></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; TEXT-INDENT: 4%" align="justify">In preparing our financial statements, we make numerous estimates and assumptions that affect the accounting for and recognition and disclosure of assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses. We must make these estimates and assumptions because certain information that we use is dependent on future events, cannot be calculated with precision from available data or simply cannot be calculated. In some cases, these estimates are difficult to determine, and we must exercise significant judgment. In preparing our financial statements, the most difficult, subjective and complex estimates and the assumptions that present the greatest amount of uncertainty relate to our accounting for landfills, environmental remediation liabilities, asset impairments, deferred income taxes and reserves associated with our insured and self-insured claims. Each of these items is discussed in additional detail below. Actual results could differ materially from the estimates and assumptions that we use in the preparation of our financial statements.</p> </div>
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	273000000
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2015 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312516467957 Filed on February 18, 2016

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#000119312516467957 Filed on February 18, 2016

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