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.

167.30 1.79 +1.08%
Market cap
$41.7B
P/E
40.3×
Fwd P/E
33.5×
Dividend yield
0.84%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.11
Beneish M
−2.72
Dividend safety
79/100
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
ROE
6.45% 9.67% 8.59% 8.46% 2.97% 8.92% 11.85% 10.30% 7.94% 13.37%
ROA
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
Other line items
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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