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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 7.61
Total sells 4.89
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Sell — 1 — — 1 2 2 2 2 3 — —
Insider Ownership 1.49%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 41,720.00
Revenue 9,763.92
Net Income 1,060.51
Free Cash Flow 1,174.25
Net Debt 9,274.79
Current Ratio 0.66 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.18
P/E ratio 40.31 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 33.50
P/S ratio 4.34
P/B ratio 5.35
Past 5Y EPS Growth 39.83% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 9.71%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.67%
Next Y revenue growth 6.14%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.05%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 21.07%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 27.68%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 78.81%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 33.91%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 83.74%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.34
Annual Dividend Rate 1.40
Annual Dividend Yield 0.84%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.40
0.35
0.35
0.35
2025 1.30
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.35
2024 1.17
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.32
2023 1.05
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.29
2022 0.95
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.26
2021 0.85
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.23
2020 0.95
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.21
2019 0.67
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.19
2018 0.72
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.16
2017 0.42
0.08
0.08
0.12
0.14
2016 0.90
0.13
0.18
0.10
0.13
0.12
0.10
0.06
0.08
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 78 62 46 98
Receivables 857 935 1,025 1,070
Inventory — — — —
Other 206 230 241 231
1,142 1,227 1,312 1,399
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 642 637 765 772
ST’ Debt 121 67 74 70
Other — — — —
1,688 1,879 2,124 2,128

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 16.16% 11.69% 9.49%
Cash Flow 15.39% 11.38% 6.08%
Earnings 0.00% 39.38% 8.81%
Book Value 15.26% 3.74% 5.04%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,371 2,562 — — —
’25 2,228 2,407 2,458 2,373 9,467
’24 2,073 2,248 2,338 2,260 8,920
’23 1,901 2,021 2,065 2,036 8,022
’22 1,646 1,816 1,880 1,869 7,212
’21 1,396 1,534 1,597 1,624 6,151
’20 1,352 1,306 1,390 1,398 5,446
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 546 733 — — —
’25 542 638 677 557 2,414
’24 490 611 558 569 2,229
’23 442 574 554 556 2,127
’22 441 533 526 522 2,022
’21 400 448 421 428 1,698
’20 370 384 432 223 1,409
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 251 381 — — —
’25 330 357 384 158 1,230
’24 321 396 289 175 1,181
’23 268 359 338 260 1,224
’22 304 316 286 235 1,140
’21 306 279 216 196 997
’20 235 243 231 53 763
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.86 1.17 — — —
’25 0.93 1.12 1.11 1.01 4.17
’24 0.89 1.07 1.19 (0.76) 2.39
’23 0.77 0.81 0.89 0.49 2.95
’22 0.69 0.87 0.92 0.75 3.24
’21 0.61 0.68 0.44 0.64 2.36
’20 0.54 (0.86) 0.60 0.50 0.78
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 33.76 52.24 65.06 73.07 70.87 97.02 113.50 125.83 145.35 163.27

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 53.27 74.20 81.36 97.93 111.04 138.82 148.20 149.88 194.83 201.66
People
People Employees — — — 18,204 18,933 19,998 22,109 22,539 23,854 24,214
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.29 0.31 0.33 0.36 0.37 0.39
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,376 4,630 4,923 5,389 5,446 6,151 7,212 8,022 8,920 9,467
Gross margin, % 42.01 41.59 41.79 40.64 39.83 40.60 39.88 40.86 41.79 42.37
EBT 361 509 707 706 254 771 1,049 984 763 1,418
EBT margin, % 10.70 10.98 14.36 13.10 4.66 12.53 14.54 12.26 8.55 14.98
Net income 247 577 547 567 204 618 836 763 617 1,077
Depreciation 469 632 685 749 760 818 924 1,010 1,174 1,240
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 14.66 17.56 18.67 20.43 20.69 23.55 28.02 31.15 34.58 36.79
Earnings 1.07 2.19 2.07 2.15 0.78 2.37 3.25 2.96 2.39 4.18
Cash flow 3.45 4.50 5.35 5.84 5.35 6.50 7.86 8.26 8.64 9.38
Capex (1.48) (1.71) (2.05) (2.51) (2.45) (2.69) (3.43) (3.50) (4.06) (4.60)
Free cash flow 1.98 2.79 3.30 3.33 2.90 3.82 4.43 4.75 4.58 4.78
Book value 24.55 23.79 24.50 26.30 26.08 26.78 27.64 29.89 30.47 32.04
Shares, m 230 264 264 264 263 261 257 258 258 257
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 50.32 32.07 35.87 42.23 131.50 57.50 40.53 50.21 71.79 41.95
P/S 3.59 3.99 3.98 4.44 4.96 5.79 4.70 4.77 4.96 4.77
P/B 2.14 2.94 3.03 3.45 3.93 5.09 4.77 4.97 5.63 5.47
EV/Sales 4.63 4.75 4.77 5.20 5.72 6.60 5.66 5.62 5.87 5.70
EV/FCF 34.31 29.86 26.96 31.94 40.85 40.72 35.77 36.81 44.35 43.89
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 795 1,187 1,411 1,541 1,409 1,698 2,022 2,127 2,229 2,414
Capex (340) (451) (541) (663) (645) (702) (882) (902) (1,048) (1,184)
Free cash flow 455 736 870 878 763 997 1,140 1,224 1,181 1,230
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 51 374 206 123 380 (200) (395) (546) (652) (813)
Total debt 3,670 3,959 4,210 4,424 4,789 5,141 6,978 6,866 8,168 8,904
Net debt 3,516 3,525 3,891 4,097 4,171 4,993 6,900 6,788 8,106 8,858
Shareholders’ equity 5,655 6,274 6,460 6,938 6,863 6,994 7,114 7,698 7,860 8,245
Returns, %
Returns, % 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
ROE 6.45 9.67 8.59 8.46 2.97 8.92 11.85 10.30 7.94 13.37
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Waste Connections, Inc. vs peers in Waste Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
WM Waste Management, Inc. $89.6B 32.0× 27.0× +3.95% (above 0%: growing) +8.89% (above 0%: growing) +34.81% (above 0%: growing) 40.83% 18.75% Compare
RSG Republic Services, Inc. $70.3B 32.8× 28.9× +4.60% (above 0%: growing) +4.55% (above 0%: growing) +8.20% (above 0%: growing) 42.14% 20.34% Compare
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. $41.7B 40.3× 33.5× +6.42% (above 0%: growing) +4.46% (above 0%: growing) +6.63% (above 0%: growing) 42.25% 17.08%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc. $19.0B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +16.16% (above 0%: growing) n/m +557.08% (above 0%: growing) 19.81% 5.58% Compare
CLH Clean Harbors, Inc. $16.9B 38.7× 33.3× +11.95% (above 0%: growing) +36.29% (above 0%: growing) −4.89% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.09% 15.50% Compare
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. $5.5B 978× 559× +16.85% (above 0%: growing) −25.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.24% (above 0%: growing) 32.88% 3.67% Compare
ONT Onterris, Inc. $494.1M — (loss-making) 123× −20.42% (below 0%: shrinking) −91.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −96.15% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.07% 3.46% Compare
PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. $282.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −11.66% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −156.46% (below 0%: shrinking) (19.43%) (50.50%) Compare
ABAT American Battery Technology Company $225.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +196.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m −32.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.66% (246.50%) Compare
Median of peers $11.2B 35.7× 33.3× +8.27% +4.55% +1.66% 33.99% 4.63%

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Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) key facts

  • Strength: Waste Connections, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.5 billion, up 6.14% from fiscal 2024.
  • Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) is a Waste Management company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, WCN traded at $167.30, a market capitalization of $41.7 billion.
  • Waste Connections, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share, a yield of 0.84%, with a payout ratio of 33.7%.
  • Return on equity was 13.4% and debt-to-equity 1.18.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.11 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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