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Source document· April 19, 2026

This Trash‑Hauling Giant Could Be the Only Industrial Stock I'd Buy and Never Sell

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“It produced $6 billion in net cash flow from operating activities last year (up 12.1% from 2024)”
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  • WM might be the only industrial stock I buy and hold forever due to its resilient garbage collection business

    60% confidence

  • Industrial stocks tend to be very cyclical with revenues and stock prices rising during economic expansion and falling during recession

    60% confidence

  • WM isn't your average industrial stock and operates a highly resilient business that can deliver steady growth throughout the economic cycle

    60% confidence

  • WM expects to grow its free cash flow (before sustainability investments) at a nearly 8% compound annual rate through 2027, reaching $4.1 billion

    60% confidence

  • Garbage collection tends to be a relatively resilient business compared to typical industrial stocks

    60% confidence

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S&P 500 · annualized total return13.1 percent
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Ford Motor Company
Both facts give cash for Ford Motor Company at the same point in time (2025-12-31; FY 2025 year-end and Q4 2025 year-end are the same date). Both are labelled USD, but the values are 23,356,000,000 and 23.356, which cannot both be true in USD. The two numbers agree once the second is read as billions (23.356 bn = 23,356,000,000), so the economic content is consistent and the conflict is a unit/scale error in the Q4 2025 record. The period is not the reason for the conflict: a Q4 and an FY figure at the same year-end date should match.
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