stockrowWaste 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
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Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) Return on assets
Waste Connections, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.36%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.26%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.25% (fiscal 2015) to 5.26% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Waste Management industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.26% | 1.99 |
| FY2024 | 3.27% | (1.08) |
| FY2023 | 4.35% | (0.90) |
| FY2022 | 5.25% | 0.94 |
| FY2021 | 4.31% | 2.83 |
| FY2020 | 1.48% | (2.82) |
| FY2019 | 4.30% | (0.14) |
| FY2018 | 4.44% | (0.55) |
| FY2017 | 4.99% | 1.95 |
| FY2016 | 3.04% | 5.29 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. compare | 6.68% |
| WM Waste Management, Inc. compare | 6.66% |
| RSG Republic Services, Inc. compare | 6.43% |
| WCN Waste Connections, Inc. | 5.36% |
| CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. compare | 0.17% |
| OIO ESGL Holdings Limited compare | 0.00% |
| ONT Onterris, Inc. compare | −1.08% |
| GFL GFL Environmental Inc. compare | −1.66% |
| NVRI Enviri Corporation compare | −22.9% |
| Waste Management industry median | 0.00% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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