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WM — Oct 27, 2025 release

Fiscal 2025 third-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001104659-25-102615
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Adjusted operating EBITDA
“between $7.475 and $7.625 billion”
Period
FY2025
Measure
Company-defined measure
Source
Prose
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Targeted leverage ratio for FY2026
“between 2.5 and 3.0 times”
Adjusted operating EBITDA for FY2025
“between $7.475 and $7.625 billion”
Free cash flow for FY2025
“between $2.8 and $2.9 billion”
Total Company revenue for FY2025
“approximately $25.275 billion”
Projected adjusted operating EBITDA margin for FY2025
“between 29.6% and 30.2%”
Free cash flow for FY2026
“approach $3.8 billion”
Single stream commodity price expectation for FY2025
“approximately $75 per ton”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
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      2025 Outlook   The Company is confident in its ability to deliver upon its full-year outlook ranges for adjusted operating EBITDA and free cash flow.   · The Company is affirming its adjusted operating EBITDA guidance of between $7.475 and $7.625 billion. (a)     · Free cash flow guidance remains between $2.8 and $2.9 billion. (a)     · Total Company revenue is now expected to be approximately $25.275 billion, which is at the low end of the Company’s prior guidance range. The decrease from prior expectations is primarily related to a further decline in recycled commodity pricing as well as modestly lower revenue expectations from WM Healthcare Solutions. (h)     · Projected adjusted operating EBITDA margin guidance has increased to between 29.6% and 30.2% from between 29.6% and 29.9% . (a)           Fish concluded, “We are pleased with our results in the first three quarters of the year across our business segments, which position us to deliver another year of double-digit adjusted operating EBITDA growth with record margin in our Collection and Disposal business and expanding free cash flow conversion. Looking ahead, 2026 is setting up to be a year of outsized free cash flow growth, with results expected to approach $3.8 billion next year. Our disciplined approach to capital allocation remains unchanged, and we are committed to translating this performance into strong sharehol
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