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29.3% |
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26.4% |
28.8% |
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“Our business produced tremendous growth in the second quarter as the economy continued to recover from the pandemic, and we made further progress on our integration of the Advanced Disposal operations,” said
Fish continued, “As a result of our strong performance through the first half of 2021 and our confidence in the continued strength of our business model, we are increasing our full-year revenue, adjusted operating EBITDA, and free cash flow guidance.(a) In addition, due to our robust cash generation, we are increasing our expectations for 2021 share repurchases up to our full authorization of
KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021
Revenue
- In the second quarter of 2021, revenue increased
$425 million in the Company’s collection and disposal business, when excluding the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, compared to the second quarter of 2020, driven by$307 million in volume increases and$118 million of growth from yield. - In the second quarter of 2021, acquisitions, net of divestitures, added
$305 million of revenue primarily from the acquisition of Advanced Disposal. - Core price for the second quarter of 2021 was 6.2% compared to 1.3% in the second quarter of 2020.(d)
- Collection and disposal yield was 3.7% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 1.6% in the second quarter of 2020.
Total Company volumes improved 9.6% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to a decline of 10.3% in the second quarter of 2020.
Cost Management
- Operating expenses as a percentage of revenue were 61.1% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 61.2% in the second quarter of 2020, demonstrating discipline on maintaining a lower cost structure. The Company saw strong volume recovery in its highest margin lines of business and more than offset volume-driven cost increases and inflationary cost pressures.
- SG&A expenses were 9.9% of revenue in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 10.6% in the second quarter of 2020. On an adjusted basis, SG&A expenses were 9.6% of revenue in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 9.9% in the second quarter of 2020.(a)
Profitability
- Operating EBITDA in the Company’s collection and disposal business, adjusted on the same basis as total Company operating EBITDA, was
$1.41 billion , or 32.0% of revenue, for the second quarter of 2021, compared to$1.14 billion , or 32.1% of revenue, for the second quarter of 2020. - Operating EBITDA in the Company’s recycling line of business improved by
$56 million compared to the second quarter of 2020. The improvement was driven by an increase in market prices for recycled commodities, investments the Company is making in improved technology and equipment at its materials recovery facilities that are delivering a lower operating cost model and the re-opening of facilities where operations were temporarily suspended during the pandemic. - Operating EBITDA in the Company’s renewable energy line of business improved by almost
$14 million compared to the second quarter of 2020, primarily driven by increases in price. - In the second quarter of 2021, the Company realized almost
$20 million of operating and SG&A cost synergies from the acquisition of Advanced Disposal.
Free Cash Flow & Capital Allocation
- In the second quarter of 2021, net cash provided by operating activities was
$1,043 million compared to$856 million in the second quarter of 2020. The improvement in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily driven by the increase in operating EBITDA. - In the second quarter of 2021, capital expenditures were
$396 million compared to$436 million in the second quarter of 2020. - In the second quarter of 2021, free cash flow was
$649 million compared to$423 million in the second quarter of 2020.(a) - During the second quarter of 2021,
$492 million was returned to shareholders, including$242 million of cash dividends and$250 million of share repurchases.
REVISED 2021 OUTLOOK
Total Company revenue growth in 2021 is expected to be 15.5% to 16.0%. Combined internal revenue growth from yield and volume in the collection and disposal business is expected to be 5.5% or greater, driven by the Company’s disciplined pricing programs and strong outlook for continued volume recovery.- Adjusted operating EBITDA is expected to be between
$5.0 billion and$5.1 billion in 2021. - Free cash flow is projected to be between
$2.5 billion and$2.6 billion in 2021. - The Company is on target to capture between
$80 million and$85 million in cost synergies in 2021 from the acquisition of Advanced Disposal, which is on track to achieve$150 million in total annual run-rate synergies from cost and capital savings. - The Company expects to repurchase an additional
$850 million of its common stock in 2021, exhausting the full$1.35 billion of share repurchases previously authorized.
“Strong performance across all of our businesses — collection and disposal, recycling, and renewable energy — generated outstanding results so far this year,” Fish concluded. “Our focus on disciplined pricing and cost management helped to offset the inflationary cost pressures we have seen, and we expect to continue this focus into the second half of the year to help us deliver on our new, higher outlook. I want to thank each of our team members for their contributions to our success.”
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The information labeled as adjusted in this press release, as well as free cash flow, are non-GAAP measures. Please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below and the reconciliations in the accompanying schedules for more information. |
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Core price is a performance metric used by management to evaluate the effectiveness of our pricing strategies; it is not derived from our financial statements and may not be comparable to measures presented by other companies. Core price is based on certain historical assumptions, which may differ from actual results, to allow for comparability between reporting periods and to reveal trends in results over time. |
The Company will host a conference call at
The conference call will be webcast live from the Investors section of Waste Management’s website www.wm.com. To access the conference call by telephone, please dial (877) 710-6139 approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. If you are calling from outside of
A replay of the conference call will be available on the Company’s website www.wm.com and by telephone from approximately
ABOUT WM
Waste Management, based in
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Company, from time to time, provides estimates of financial and other data, comments on expectations relating to future periods and makes statements of opinion, view or belief about current and future events. This press release contains a number of such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, all statements under the heading “Revised 2021 Outlook” and all statements regarding 2021 financial guidance; future performance or financial results of our business; future share repurchases; recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; integration of, and synergies from, the acquisition of
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
To supplement its financial information, the Company has presented, and/or may discuss on the conference call, adjusted earnings per diluted share, adjusted net income, adjusted income from operations, adjusted SG&A expenses, adjusted operating EBITDA, adjusted operating EBITDA margin, and free cash flow, as well as projections of adjusted operating EBITDA and free cash flow for 2021. All of these items are non-GAAP financial measures, as defined in Regulation G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company reports its financial results in compliance with GAAP but believes that also discussing non-GAAP measures provides investors with (i) financial measures the Company uses in the management of its business and (ii) additional, meaningful comparisons of current results to prior periods’ results by excluding items that the Company does not believe reflect its fundamental business performance and are not representative or indicative of its results of operations.
In addition, the Company’s projected full year 2021 adjusted operating EBITDA is anticipated to exclude the effects of other events or circumstances in 2021 that are not representative or indicative of the Company’s results of operations. Such excluded items are not currently determinable, but may be significant, such as asset impairments and one-time items, charges, gains or losses from divestitures or litigation, and other items. Due to the uncertainty of the likelihood, amount and timing of any such items, the Company does not have information available to provide a quantitative reconciliation of such projection to the comparable GAAP measure.
The Company discusses free cash flow and provides a projection of free cash flow because the Company believes that it is indicative of its ability to pay its quarterly dividends, repurchase common stock, fund acquisitions and other investments and, in the absence of refinancings, to repay its debt obligations. Free cash flow is not intended to replace “Net cash provided by operating activities,” which is the most comparable GAAP measure. The Company believes free cash flow gives investors useful insight into how the Company views its liquidity, but the use of free cash flow as a liquidity measure has material limitations because it excludes certain expenditures that are required or that the Company has committed to, such as declared dividend payments and debt service requirements. The Company defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures, plus proceeds from divestitures of businesses and other assets (net of cash divested); this definition may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures reported by other companies.
The quantitative reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in the accompanying schedules, with the exception of projected adjusted operating EBITDA. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP.
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (In Millions, Except per Share Amounts) (Unaudited) |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Operating revenues |
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$ |
4,476 |
|
|
$ |
3,561 |
|
|
$ |
8,588 |
|
|
$ |
7,290 |
|
Costs and expenses: |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Operating |
|
|
2,736 |
|
|
|
2,180 |
|
|
|
5,250 |
|
|
|
4,509 |
|
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
445 |
|
|
|
377 |
|
|
|
903 |
|
|
|
802 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
414 |
|
|
|
972 |
|
|
|
816 |
|
Restructuring |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
(Gain) loss from divestitures, asset impairments and unusual items, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
|
3,685 |
|
|
|
3,034 |
|
|
|
7,147 |
|
|
|
6,190 |
|
Income from operations |
|
|
791 |
|
|
|
527 |
|
|
|
1,441 |
|
|
|
1,100 |
|
Other income (expense): |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Interest expense, net |
|
|
(98 |
) |
|
|
(119 |
) |
|
|
(195 |
) |
|
|
(231 |
) |
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
(220 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(220 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Equity in net losses of unconsolidated entities |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(40 |
) |
Other, net |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
(335 |
) |
|
|
(132 |
) |
|
|
(440 |
) |
|
|
(270 |
) |
Income before income taxes |
|
|
456 |
|
|
|
395 |
|
|
|
1,001 |
|
|
|
830 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
105 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
162 |
|
Consolidated net income |
|
|
351 |
|
|
|
307 |
|
|
|
772 |
|
|
|
668 |
|
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net income attributable to |
|
$ |
351 |
|
|
$ |
307 |
|
|
$ |
772 |
|
|
$ |
668 |
|
Basic earnings per common share |
|
$ |
0.83 |
|
|
$ |
0.73 |
|
|
$ |
1.83 |
|
|
$ |
1.58 |
|
Diluted earnings per common share |
|
$ |
0.83 |
|
|
$ |
0.72 |
|
|
$ |
1.82 |
|
|
$ |
1.57 |
|
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding |
|
|
421.6 |
|
|
|
422.3 |
|
|
|
422.3 |
|
|
|
423.2 |
|
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding |
|
|
423.6 |
|
|
|
423.9 |
|
|
|
424.0 |
|
|
|
425.1 |
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In Millions) (Unaudited) |
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2021 |
|
2020 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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|
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
148 |
|
$ |
553 |
Receivables, net |
|
|
2,645 |
|
|
2,624 |
Other |
|
|
433 |
|
|
363 |
Total current assets |
|
|
3,226 |
|
|
3,540 |
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
14,110 |
|
|
14,148 |
|
|
|
8,992 |
|
|
8,994 |
Other intangible assets, net |
|
|
956 |
|
|
1,024 |
Other |
|
|
1,753 |
|
|
1,639 |
Total assets |
|
$ |
29,037 |
|
$ |
29,345 |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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|
|
|
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Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and deferred revenues |
|
$ |
3,322 |
|
$ |
3,002 |
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
|
361 |
|
|
551 |
Total current liabilities |
|
|
3,683 |
|
|
3,553 |
Long-term debt, less current portion |
|
|
12,883 |
|
|
13,259 |
Other |
|
|
5,117 |
|
|
5,079 |
Total liabilities |
|
|
21,683 |
|
|
21,891 |
Equity: |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
7,352 |
|
|
7,452 |
Noncontrolling interests |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
Total equity |
|
|
7,354 |
|
|
7,454 |
Total liabilities and equity |
|
$ |
29,037 |
|
$ |
29,345 |
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In Millions) (Unaudited) |
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|
Six Months Ended |
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|
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|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Consolidated net income |
|
$ |
772 |
|
|
$ |
668 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
972 |
|
|
|
816 |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
220 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures |
|
|
124 |
|
|
|
(30 |
) |
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
2,163 |
|
|
|
1,621 |
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
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Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Capital expenditures |
|
|
(666 |
) |
|
|
(895 |
) |
Proceeds from divestitures of businesses and other assets, net of cash divested |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Other, net |
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
|
(37 |
) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(708 |
) |
|
|
(918 |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
New borrowings |
|
|
1,707 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Debt repayments |
|
|
(2,326 |
) |
|
|
(705 |
) |
Premiums and other paid on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Common stock repurchase program |
|
|
(500 |
) |
|
|
(402 |
) |
Cash dividends |
|
|
(489 |
) |
|
|
(466 |
) |
Exercise of common stock options |
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
Tax payments associated with equity-based compensation transactions |
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
(34 |
) |
Other, net |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(1,810 |
) |
|
|
(1,575 |
) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(351 |
) |
|
|
(875 |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
648 |
|
|
|
3,647 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
297 |
|
|
$ |
2,772 |
|
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. SUMMARY DATA SHEET (In Millions) (Unaudited) |
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Operating Revenues by Line of Business |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Three Months Ended |
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Six Months Ended |
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|
|
|
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|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
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Commercial |
|
$ |
1,178 |
|
|
$ |
928 |
|
|
$ |
2,309 |
|
|
$ |
1,991 |
|
Residential |
|
|
794 |
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
|
1,576 |
|
|
|
1,307 |
|
Industrial |
|
|
811 |
|
|
|
625 |
|
|
|
1,554 |
|
|
|
1,318 |
|
Other collection |
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
251 |
|
|
|
227 |
|
Total collection |
|
|
2,918 |
|
|
|
2,325 |
|
|
|
5,690 |
|
|
|
4,843 |
|
Landfill |
|
|
1,075 |
|
|
|
874 |
|
|
|
1,990 |
|
|
|
1,761 |
|
Transfer |
|
|
532 |
|
|
|
439 |
|
|
|
997 |
|
|
|
880 |
|
Recycling |
|
|
397 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
739 |
|
|
|
529 |
|
Other |
|
|
513 |
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
|
990 |
|
|
|
839 |
|
Intercompany (a) |
|
|
(959 |
) |
|
|
(761 |
) |
|
|
(1,818 |
) |
|
|
(1,562 |
) |
Total |
|
$ |
4,476 |
|
|
$ |
3,561 |
|
|
$ |
8,588 |
|
|
$ |
7,290 |
|
Internal Revenue Growth |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Period-to-Period Change for the Three Months |
|
Period-to-Period Change for the Six Months |
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|
|
|
As a % of |
|
|
|
As a % of |
|
|
|
As a % of |
|
|
|
As a % of |
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|
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Related |
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|
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Total |
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|
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Related |
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|
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Total |
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Amount |
|
Business(b) |
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Amount |
|
Company(c) |
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Amount |
|
Business(b) |
|
Amount |
|
Company(c) |
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Collection and disposal |
|
$ |
118 |
|
3.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
211 |
|
3.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
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Recycling (d) |
|
|
84 |
|
32.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
181 |
|
37.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Fuel surcharges and mandated fees |
|
|
46 |
|
44.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
|
15.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Total average yield (e) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
248 |
|
|
7.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
429 |
|
|
5.9 |
% |
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Volume |
|
|
|
|
|
|
341 |
|
|
9.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
240 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
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Internal revenue growth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
589 |
|
|
16.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
669 |
|
|
9.2 |
|
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Acquisitions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
316 |
|
|
8.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
618 |
|
|
8.5 |
|
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Divestitures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
(0.3 |
) |
||||
Foreign currency translation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
||||
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
915 |
|
|
25.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,298 |
|
|
17.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Period-to-Period Change for the Three Months |
|
Period-to-Period Change for the Six Months |
||||||||
|
|
As a % of Related Business(b) |
|
As a % of Related Business(b) |
||||||||
|
|
Yield |
Volume |
|
Yield |
Volume(f) |
||||||
Commercial |
|
4.2 |
% |
|
11.3 |
% |
|
3.6 |
% |
|
3.3 |
% |
Industrial |
|
5.8 |
|
|
10.9 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
Residential |
|
4.7 |
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
4.5 |
|
|
(1.6 |
) |
Total collection |
|
4.6 |
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
2.2 |
|
MSW |
|
2.8 |
|
|
12.2 |
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
5.6 |
|
Transfer |
|
2.9 |
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
2.8 |
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
Total collection and disposal |
|
3.7 |
% |
|
9.6 |
% |
|
3.2 |
% |
|
3.5 |
% |
(a) |
|
Intercompany revenues between lines of business are eliminated in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. |
(b) |
|
Calculated by dividing the increase or decrease for the current year period by the prior year period’s related business revenue adjusted to exclude the impacts of divestitures for the current year period. |
(c) |
|
Calculated by dividing the increase or decrease for the current year period by the prior year period’s total Company revenue adjusted to exclude the impacts of divestitures for the current year period. |
(d) |
|
Includes combined impact of commodity price variability and changes in fees. |
(e) |
|
The amounts reported herein represent the changes in our revenue attributable to average yield for the total Company. |
(f) |
|
Workday adjusted volume impact. |
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. | ||||||||||||||||
SUMMARY DATA SHEET | ||||||||||||||||
(In Millions) | ||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
Free Cash Flow (a) | ||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
2021 |
2020 |
2021 |
2020 |
|||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ |
1,043 |
|
$ |
856 |
|
$ |
2,163 |
|
$ |
1,621 |
|
||||
Capital expenditures |
|
(396 |
) |
|
(436 |
) |
|
(666 |
) |
|
(895 |
) |
||||
Proceeds from divestitures of businesses and other assets, net of cash divested |
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
15 |
|
||||
Free cash flow |
$ |
649 |
|
$ |
423 |
|
$ |
1,514 |
|
$ |
741 |
|
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