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

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