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Ticker
WCN

Price
170.15
Stock movement up
+3.65 (2.19%)
Company name
Waste Connections Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Waste Management
Market cap
43.56B
Ent value
56.13B
Price/Sales
4.09
Price/Book
5.38
Div yield
0.82%
Div growth
11.25%
Growth years
11
FCF payout
31.43%
Trailing P/E
69.50
Forward P/E
30.09
PEG
8.65
EPS growth
2.19%
1 year return (CAGR)
-4.88%
3 year return (CAGR)
-
5 year return (CAGR)
-
10 year return (CAGR)
-
Last updated: 2026-01-22

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share1.40
Dividend yield0.82%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield0.86%
Average yield0.71%
Minimum yield0.63%
Discount to avg yield13.68%
Upside potential15.84%
Yield as % of max yield95.83%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield0.82%
Current yield distribution8.07%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.63%
Yield at 90%0.65%
Yield at 80%0.66%
Yield at 50% (Median)0.69%
Yield at 20%0.79%
Yield at 10%0.81%
Yield at 0% (Max)0.86%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth11 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share1.40
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date5 Nov 2025
EPS (TTM)2.43
EPS (1y forward)5.66
EPS growth (5y)2.19%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.03%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
WCNS&P500
DGR MR11.11%-13.74%
DGR TTM10.68%6.60%
DGR 3 years11.07%7.31%
DGR 5 years11.25%4.69%
DGR 10 years6.32%6.30%
DGR 15 years4.41%8.16%
Time since last change announced99 days
EPS growth (5y)2.19%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.03%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM51.84%31.43%
Average--
Forward24.76%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E69.50
Price to OCF17.96
Price to FCF42.13
Price to EBITDA18.70
EV to EBITDA24.09

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales4.09
Price to Book5.38
EV to Sales5.27

FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count256.02M
EPS (TTM)2.43
FCF per share (TTM)4.01

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)10.64B
Gross profit (TTM)3.28B
Operating income (TTM)1.10B
Net income (TTM)626.83M
EPS (TTM)2.43
EPS (1y forward)5.66

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)30.80%
Operating margin (TTM)10.38%
Profit margin (TTM)5.89%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash117.60M
Net receivables1.07B
Total current assets1.40B
Goodwill8.28B
Intangible assets2.00B
Property, plant and equipment8.74B
Total assets20.78B
Accounts payable759.27M
Short/Current long term debt8.94B
Total current liabilities2.09B
Total liabilities12.69B
Shareholder's equity8.09B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)2.43B
Capital expenditures (TTM)1.39B
Free cash flow (TTM)1.03B
Dividends paid (TTM)324.95M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity7.75%
Return on Assets3.02%
Return on Invested Capital7.74%
Cash Return on Invested Capital12.76%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open166.89
Daily high170.16
Daily low166.52
Daily Volume1.32M
All-time high199.95
1y analyst estimate204.61
Beta0.61
EPS (TTM)2.43
Dividend per share1.40
Ex-div date5 Nov 2025
Next earnings date18 Feb 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
WCNS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-14.90%-0.89%
Highest price drop-18.45%-19.00%
Date of highest drop13 Jan 20268 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-7.37%-2.49%
Avg time to new high32 days6 days
Max time to new high202 days89 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
WCN (Waste Connections Inc) company logo
Marketcap
43.56B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Employees
23854
SEC filings
CEO
Country
USA
City
Etobicoke
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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