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Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)

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Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) reported revenue of $2.6 billion for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 7.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $359 million, up 25.5% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $1.43. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 22 October 2026.

Revenue$2.6 billionup 7.3%
Net income$359 millionup 25.5%
Diluted EPS$1.43
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026

Waste Connections (WCN) in brief

Waste Connections (WCN) reported revenue of $9.5 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 6.1% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per share $4.17. Revenue was $8.9 billion in fiscal 2024, $8.0 billion in fiscal 2023, $7.2 billion in fiscal 2022 and $6.2 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $618 million, $763 million, $836 million and $618 million. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026, Waste Connections reported revenue of $9.9 billion and net income of $1.1 billion. Revenue grew 11.7% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Waste Connections declared $1.40 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 250 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At the close of 27 October 2026 the market cap of Waste Connections was $45.5 billion, 40.7 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE14.4%
ROCE10.2%
Operating margin17.7%
Net margin11.4%
FCF margin12.6%
Interest cover4.88
Debt to equity1.20
Cash conversion2.23
Share count, last 12 months-2.2%
Sales CAGR, 3 years9.5%
Profit CAGR, 3 years8.8%
EPS, TTM$4.47

At the close of 27 October 2026

Price$181.97
Market cap$45.5 billion
Stock P/E40.71
Price to book5.78
EV / EBITDA17.91
Dividend yield0.8%
Market cap / sales4.58
52-week high$186.63
52-week low$149.02
Price, 1 year4.1%
Price CAGR, 3 years12.4%
Price CAGR, 5 years6.5%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the one borrowings figure Waste Connections, Inc. files, which has finance leases inside it; operating leases are a separate line. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 27 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on WCN

Dividends$1.40 a share over the four quarters to 30 September 2026, a 0.77% yield
Filings19 in twelve months: 11 current reports (8-K), about 6 regulation FD disclosure; 4 results of operations; 4 material agreement; 2 other events; 2 new financial obligation
Planned insider sales10 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $6.1 million; latest 27 October 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.79 by open interest at the 27 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 4.8% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders839 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Insider trading16 sales and 1 purchase on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest5.2 million shares short, 2.72 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue1,6241,6461,8161,8801,8691,9012,0212,0652,0362,0732,2482,3382,2602,2282,4072,4582,3732,3712,5622,638
Cost of revenue9819901,0881,1211,1381,1471,1971,2051,1961,2221,3011,3441,3251,2911,3931,4071,3641,3611,4791,501
Gross profit6436577297597317548248608408519479949369371,0141,0521,0091,0101,0821,137
Gross margin40%40%40%40%39%40%41%42%41%41%42%43%41%42%42%43%43%43%42%43%
SG&A157163168187178194216196193221229223211250243236230251260254
Operating income249274330327312315344353225367425475-199390460440421364438542
Operating margin15%17%18%17%17%17%17%17%11%18%19%20%-9%18%19%18%18%15%17%21%
Interest expense38.641.345.151.264.868.467.569.069.778.582.483.582.480.982.884.486.587.791.296.4
Pre-tax income212229283286251252278292161289356400-282313389375341284384451
Tax rate22%21%21%17%23%22%25%22%22%21%23%23%n/a23%25%24%24%23%23%20%
Net income166180224237194198209229127230275308-196242290286258219296359
Net margin10%11%12%13%10%10%10%11%6%11%12%13%-9%11%12%12%11%9%12%14%
Diluted EPS$0.63$0.69$0.87$0.92$0.75$0.77$0.81$0.89$0.49$0.89$1.07$1.19-$0.76$0.93$1.12$1.11$1.01$0.86$1.17$1.43
Operating cash flow428441533526522442574554556490611558569542638677557546733692
Capital expenditure265152219247294176218221318170217272397212285297384297302295
Free cash flow163289314280228267356333237320394286172329353380173249431397
Buybacks33.44250.00.00.0n/an/an/an/an/an/a0.0n/a0.00.444263.3284331330
Dividends paid59.459.459.458.965.365.865.465.773.873.673.774.081.081.581.581.089.988.788.488.4
Shares outstanding260m257m257m257m257m257m258m258m258m258m258m258m258m258m258m256m256m254m252m250m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 16 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue1,4301,8401,8972,0262,0792,1173,3764,6304,9235,3895,4466,1517,2128,0228,9209,4679,944
Cost of revenuen/an/an/an/a1,1381,1771,9582,7052,8663,1993,2773,6544,3364,7455,1925,4555,706
Gross profitn/an/an/an/a9419401,4181,9262,0572,1902,1692,4972,8763,2773,7284,0124,238
Gross marginn/an/an/an/a45.2%44.4%42.0%41.6%41.8%40.6%39.8%40.6%39.9%40.9%41.8%42.4%42.6%
Selling, general and administrative193219231255229237474510524546538612696799883960996
Operating income184-88.4238233449-61.54526278328384121,0401,2421,2361,0681,7101,764
Operating margin12.9%-4.8%12.5%11.5%21.6%-2.9%13.4%13.5%16.9%15.5%7.6%16.9%17.2%15.4%12.0%18.1%17.7%
Interest expense48.862.157.460.864.764.292.7125132147162163202275327335362
Pre-tax income138-146162176386-1263615097077062547711,0499847631,4181,459
Income tax55.749.767.158.4152-31.6114-68.916013949.9152213221146341326
Effective tax rate40.3%n/a41.6%33.2%39.5%n/a31.6%-13.6%22.6%19.7%19.7%19.8%20.3%22.4%19.2%24.1%22.3%
Net income74.1-19694.4118233-95.82475775475672056188367636181,0771,133
Net margin5.2%-10.7%5.0%5.8%11.2%-4.5%7.3%12.5%11.1%10.5%3.8%10.0%11.6%9.5%6.9%11.4%11.4%
Diluted EPS$0.51-$1.09$0.54$0.68$1.24-$0.52$1.07$2.18$2.07$2.14$0.78$2.36$3.24$2.95$2.39$4.17$4.47
Filing40-F40-F40-F/A40-F10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment FY2023 to FY2025

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
Southern1,6421,7571,90820.2%
Western1,6691,7991,84919.5%
Eastern1,3801,5641,70218.0%
Central1,4401,5151,59016.8%
Canada9961,2611,32514.0%
MidSouth8941,0241,09311.5%
SouthernWesternEasternCentralCanadaMidSouth
8,022FY20238,920FY20249,467FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow2943963374514005777951,1871,4111,5411,4091,6982,0222,1272,2292,4142,528
Capital expenditure97.61121802081831983454795466345977449139341,0561,1791,278
Free cash flow1962831562432173794517088659068119541,1101,1931,1731,2351,250
Free cash flow margin13.7%15.4%8.2%12.0%10.4%17.9%13.3%15.3%17.6%16.8%14.9%15.5%15.4%14.9%13.2%13.0%12.6%
Cash from investing-420-311-531-262-289-471-293-861-1,372-1,426-1,046-1,693-3,087-1,581-3,159-2,023-1,901
Cash from financing134-84.8210-184-94.7-110-35556.8-188-95.9-78.2-4991,028-544945-360-636
Depreciation and amortisation2082572742962582694646326807447528139191,0031,1641,2321,299
Share-based compensationn/an/an/an/a18.420.344.839.443.842.745.858.263.570.477.979.480.8
Buybacksn/a79.365.60.07.391.2n/an/a58.9n/a1063394250.00.05061,008
Dividends paid48.861.163.563.758.966.092.5132153175200220243271302334355
Dividend per sharen/an/an/an/a$0.32$0.54$0.41$0.50$0.58$0.67$0.76$0.84$0.94$1.05$1.17$1.29n/a
Diluted shares, weighted161m181m174m173m187m185m231m264m264m265m264m262m258m258m259m258m252m
Shares outstanding at period end182m177m172m172m168m109m263m263m263m264m263m260m257m258m258m256m250m
Filing40-F40-F40-F/A40-F10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013 †FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018 †FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity1,6471,2931,2731,2901,2291,9855,6486,2696,4556,9346,8596,9897,1097,6937,8608,2457,884
Non-controlling interestn/an/an/a7591,0056.67.45.45.64.84.24.64.95.00.00.0n/a
Debt1,2601,3131,6831,5411,5512,1573,6333,9264,1754,3764,7445,0476,8976,7258,0738,8119,427
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a160147130165238272267275
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a3.18.58.87.15.611.4n/a
Other liabilities484471520n/a1,4609231,8161,8141,9922,2632,2352,5222,9503,2483,6073,7943,924
Total liabilities and equity3,3903,0783,4763,3935,2455,07211,10412,01512,62713,73813,99214,70017,13517,91619,81821,12921,510
Owned
Fixed assets7587769289379292,7384,7384,8215,1695,5165,2855,7226,9517,2288,0368,7339,005
Goodwill1,0827749299051,6941,4234,3904,6825,0325,5115,7276,1886,9027,4047,9508,3928,414
Intangible assets2722582882201665111,0671,0871,1291,1631,1551,3511,6741,6041,9922,0061,968
Cash and equivalents13.414.129.913.614.411.015443431932761714778.678.462.446.095.7
Receivables2072122392302162554855546106636307108348579351,0251,106
Other assets1,0581,0431,0621,0872,226133269436369558579583695744842927921
Total assets3,3903,0783,4763,3935,2455,07211,10412,01512,62713,73813,99214,70017,13517,91619,81821,12921,510
Filing40-F40-F40-F/A40-F10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded16.2%11.7%9.5%6.3%
Profit growth, compoundedn/a39.4%8.8%82.2%
Return on equity, average8.5%10.3%10.3%13.1%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Waste Connections' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Waste Connections (WCN) reported revenue of $9.5 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 6.1% on the year before.

How much did Waste Connections earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $1.1 billion for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $4.17.

What is Waste Connections' P/E ratio?

At the close of 27 October 2026, Waste Connections traded at 40.7 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 September 2026.

What is Waste Connections' market cap?

The market cap of Waste Connections was $45.5 billion at the close of 27 October 2026.

Does Waste Connections pay a dividend?

Yes. Waste Connections declared $1.40 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 September 2026.

Peers: Other

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Waste Management Inc. WM$94.2 billion33.3728.7%17.6%7.2%2.351.5%
Republic Services, Inc. RSG$72.2 billion33.3918.2%19.9%3.2%1.171.1%
Waste Connections, Inc. WCN$45.5 billion40.7114.4%17.7%6.3%1.200.8%
Amcor plc AMCR$21.2 billion19.359.4%8.1%56.6%1.195.6%
Clean Harbors Inc. CLH$16.5 billion37.9815.0%11.8%5.1%0.95n/a
AES Corp. AES$10.7 billion5.7337.9%n/a8.5%6.504.7%
Casella Waste Systems Inc. CWST$6.0 billion1,040.670.4%3.4%13.6%0.85n/a
Brady Corp. BRC$3.9 billion19.1915.1%15.9%9.8%0.010.9%
3 companies share its SEC industry code (Refuse Systems); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Other, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 September 202622 October 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202623 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202623 April 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202512 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202522 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202524 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202524 April 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202413 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202424 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202425 July 2024EDGAR