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Waste Connections, Inc.
WCN Industrials Waste Management
Waste Connections, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.5 billion, up 6.14% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.42%, EPS grew 4.46%, free cash flow grew 6.63% and total debt rose 10.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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| Dec '16 | Dec '17 | Dec '18 | Dec '19 | Dec '20 | Dec '21 | Dec '22 | Dec '23 | Dec '24 | Dec '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E ratio |
50.32 | 32.07 | 35.87 | 42.23 | 131.50 | 57.50 | 40.53 | 50.21 | 71.79 | 41.95 |
Piotroski F-Score |
6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Altman Z-Score |
1.95 | 2.77 | 2.78 | 2.99 | 3.06 | 3.70 | 2.97 | 3.22 | 3.12 | 3.11 |
P/S ratio |
3.59 | 3.99 | 3.98 | 4.44 | 4.96 | 5.79 | 4.70 | 4.77 | 4.96 | 4.77 |
P/FCF ratio |
26.59 | 25.07 | 22.49 | 27.28 | 35.38 | 35.71 | 29.72 | 31.26 | 37.48 | 36.69 |
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers) |
1.81 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.17 | 2.01 | 2.02 | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.57 | 1.77 |
Beneish M-Score |
(1.83) | (2.53) | (2.71) | (2.70) | (2.93) | (2.72) | (2.68) | (2.81) | (2.82) | (2.72) |
P/Operating CF |
47.19 | 61.77 | 52.42 | 67.44 | 121.08 | 83.10 | 64.90 | 68.86 | 77.80 | 81.03 |
Dividend Safety Score |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79 |
P/B ratio |
2.14 | 2.94 | 3.03 | 3.45 | 3.93 | 5.09 | 4.77 | 4.97 | 5.63 | 5.47 |
Price to Tangible BV |
61.30 | 36.57 | 65.28 | 90.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
EV/Sales |
4.63 | 4.75 | 4.77 | 5.20 | 5.72 | 6.60 | 5.66 | 5.62 | 5.87 | 5.70 |
EV/EBITDA |
16.96 | 17.46 | 15.47 | 17.68 | 26.59 | 21.85 | 18.83 | 20.07 | 23.36 | 18.30 |
EV/Operating CF |
19.64 | 18.52 | 16.63 | 18.21 | 22.13 | 23.90 | 20.17 | 21.19 | 23.49 | 22.36 |
EV/FCF |
34.31 | 29.86 | 26.96 | 31.94 | 40.85 | 40.72 | 35.77 | 36.81 | 44.35 | 43.89 |
Quick Ratio |
0.92 | 1.23 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 1.21 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.50 |
Current Ratio |
1.07 | 1.47 | 1.23 | 1.12 | 1.37 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.62 |
Net Debt/EBITDA |
3.82 | 2.80 | 2.56 | 2.58 | 3.56 | 2.69 | 3.18 | 3.02 | 3.62 | 3.00 |
Debt/Assets |
33.05% | 32.95% | 33.34% | 32.20% | 34.22% | 34.97% | 40.73% | 38.33% | 41.22% | 42.14% |
Debt/Equity |
0.65 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 1.04 | 1.08 |
Asset Turnover |
0.42 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.46 |
Operating CF/Net income |
3.23 | 2.06 | 2.58 | 2.72 | 6.88 | 2.75 | 2.42 | 2.79 | 3.61 | 2.24 |
Capex/Depreciation |
(0.73) | (0.71) | (0.79) | (0.88) | (0.85) | (0.86) | (0.95) | (0.89) | (0.89) | (0.95) |
Interest Coverage |
4.88 | 5.22 | 6.30 | 5.68 | 2.54 | 6.39 | 6.14 | 4.50 | 3.27 | 5.11 |
| 6.45% | 9.67% | 8.59% | 8.46% | 2.97% | 8.92% | 11.85% | 10.30% | 7.94% | 13.37% | |
| 3.04% | 4.99% | 4.44% | 4.30% | 1.48% | 4.31% | 5.25% | 4.35% | 3.27% | 5.26% | |
ROIC |
3.08% | 4.00% | 5.03% | 4.74% | 2.34% | 5.42% | 5.54% | 5.33% | 4.18% | 6.25% |
Return on Tangible Assets |
5.15% | 11.10% | 10.17% | 10.05% | 3.61% | 11.19% | 12.75% | 11.42% | 8.36% | 13.59% |
Average Days of Receivables |
52.45 | 43.71 | 45.19 | 44.90 | 42.24 | 42.11 | 42.20 | 38.99 | 38.26 | 39.52 |
Research and Development Expense of Revenue |
0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue |
14.05% | 11.01% | 10.65% | 10.14% | 9.87% | 9.95% | 9.66% | 9.96% | 9.90% | 10.14% |
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets |
0.49 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
Share Based Compensation of Revenue |
1.33% | 0.85% | 0.89% | 0.79% | 0.84% | 0.95% | 0.88% | 0.88% | 0.87% | 0.84% |
Graham Net Nets |
(0.39) | (0.25) | (0.26) | (0.24) | (0.21) | (0.19) | (0.26) | (0.24) | (0.24) | (0.26) |
Graham Number |
24.02 | 34.19 | 33.78 | 35.67 | 21.39 | 37.79 | 44.96 | 44.62 | 40.48 | 54.90 |
Earnings Yield |
1.99% | 3.12% | 2.79% | 2.37% | 0.76% | 1.74% | 2.47% | 1.99% | 1.39% | 2.38% |
Free Cash Flow Yield |
3.76% | 3.99% | 4.45% | 3.67% | 2.83% | 2.80% | 3.36% | 3.20% | 2.67% | 2.73% |
Revenue per Share |
14.66 | 17.56 | 18.67 | 20.43 | 20.69 | 23.55 | 28.02 | 31.15 | 34.58 | 36.79 |
Operating CF per Share |
3.45 | 4.50 | 5.35 | 5.84 | 5.35 | 6.50 | 7.86 | 8.26 | 8.64 | 9.38 |
Capex per Share |
(1.48) | (1.71) | (2.05) | (2.51) | (2.45) | (2.69) | (3.43) | (3.50) | (4.06) | (4.60) |
Free Cash Flow per Share |
1.98 | 2.79 | 3.30 | 3.33 | 2.90 | 3.82 | 4.43 | 4.75 | 4.58 | 4.78 |
Cash per Share |
0.67 | 1.65 | 1.21 | 1.24 | 2.35 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.18 |
Shareholders Equity per Share |
24.55 | 23.79 | 24.50 | 26.30 | 26.08 | 26.78 | 27.64 | 29.89 | 30.47 | 32.04 |
Interest Debt per Share |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Book value per Share |
24.55 | 23.79 | 24.50 | 26.30 | 26.08 | 26.78 | 27.64 | 29.89 | 30.47 | 32.04 |
Free Cash Flow |
455.19 | 736.41 | 870.48 | 878.02 | 763.04 | 996.68 | 1,140.49 | 1,224.40 | 1,180.84 | 1,229.83 |
Working Capital |
51.22 | 374.27 | 206.07 | 123.37 | 379.62 | (199.97) | (395.00) | (546.15) | (651.92) | (812.70) |
Capital Expenditures |
(340.12) | (450.85) | (540.76) | (662.52) | (645.48) | (701.55) | (882.00) | (902.42) | (1,048.08) | (1,184.24) |
Net Current Asset Value |
(4,705.66) | (4,563.74) | (5,074.24) | (5,668.74) | (5,720.65) | (6,673.60) | (8,903.31) | (9,076.30) | (10,730.55) | (11,572.42) |
EV/EBIT |
34.53 | 35.06 | 28.20 | 33.48 | 75.57 | 39.04 | 32.85 | 36.45 | 49.05 | 31.57 |
Capex to Sales |
0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
Price to Operating Income |
26.76 | 29.44 | 23.52 | 28.59 | 65.45 | 34.23 | 27.29 | 30.96 | 41.46 | 26.39 |
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Depreciation/Fixed assets |
0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
Cash ROIC |
4.80% | 6.90% | 7.92% | 7.51% | 6.22% | 8.12% | 8.05% | 8.36% | 7.34% | 7.15% |
Accounts Receivable Turnover |
9.12 | 8.91 | 8.46 | 8.47 | 8.42 | 9.18 | 9.35 | 9.49 | 9.96 | 9.66 |
Accounts Payable Turnover |
10.68 | 9.30 | 8.30 | 8.03 | 9.00 | 10.69 | 8.41 | 7.41 | 8.11 | 7.78 |
Inventory Turnover |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Average Days of Payables |
46.84 | 44.60 | 45.85 | 49.86 | 32.39 | 39.24 | 53.77 | 49.42 | 44.81 | 51.20 |
Days of Inventory on Hand |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Average Receivables |
370.17 | 519.80 | 582.00 | 636.18 | 646.54 | 669.94 | 771.74 | 845.41 | 895.99 | 980.01 |
Average Payables |
183.23 | 290.89 | 345.25 | 398.47 | 363.90 | 341.84 | 515.80 | 640.59 | 639.91 | 701.30 |
Average Assets |
8,112.86 | 11,559.30 | 12,321.01 | 13,182.52 | 13,865.03 | 14,346.14 | 15,917.26 | 17,525.24 | 18,866.85 | 20,473.59 |
Average Common Equity |
3,823.33 | 5,964.47 | 6,367.13 | 6,699.27 | 6,900.90 | 6,928.49 | 7,053.59 | 7,405.71 | 7,779.07 | 8,052.87 |
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