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.

Revenue
+7.31%
EPS
+28.8%
Free cash flow
+2.74%
Total debt
+8.87%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

190.96 0.85 −0.44%
Market cap
$48.0B
P/E
42.7×
Fwd P/E
39.5×
Dividend yield
0.75%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.11
Beneish M
−2.72
Dividend safety
79/100

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) Net margin

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Waste Connections, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.4%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.52% (fiscal 2015) to 12.5% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Waste Management industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.52%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.4% 4.45
FY2024 6.92% (2.59)
FY2023 9.51% (2.08)
FY2022 11.6% 1.54
FY2021 10.1% 6.29
FY2020 3.76% (6.76)
FY2019 10.5% (0.59)
FY2018 11.1% (1.35)
FY2017 12.5% 5.16
FY2016 7.30% 11.82

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 13.6% 2.05
Jun 2026 11.6% 2.32
Mar 2026 9.25% (1.64)
Dec 2025 10.9% (0.75)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −4.52% High 12.5%
Ten-year median 10.1%
Current reading's percentile 84

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare 12.9%
WM Waste Management, Inc. compare 11.8%
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. 11.4%
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare 8.05%
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare 0.29%
OIO ESGL Holdings Limited compare 0.00%
ONT Onterris, Inc. compare −1.40%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare −5.39%
NVRI Enviri Corporation compare −24.3%
Waste Management industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.52%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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