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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
43.50B
Ent value
56.33B
Price/Sales
4.59
Price/Book
5.28
Div yield
0.82%
Div growth
11.25%
Growth years
11
FCF payout
28.31%
Trailing P/E
40.40
Forward P/E
26.93
PEG
5.03
EPS growth
-
1 year return (CAGR)
-4.88%
3 year return (CAGR)
8.93%
5 year return (CAGR)
10.84%
10 year return (CAGR)
17.87%
Last updated: 2026-02-13

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share1.40
Dividend yield0.82%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield0.89%
Average yield0.72%
Minimum yield0.61%
Discount to avg yield12.74%
Upside potential14.60%
Yield as % of max yield92.29%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield0.82%
Current yield distribution7.94%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.61%
Yield at 90%0.65%
Yield at 80%0.67%
Yield at 50% (Median)0.71%
Yield at 20%0.77%
Yield at 10%0.81%
Yield at 0% (Max)0.89%

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)-
EPS (1y forward)6.32
EPS growth (5y)-
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 announced119 days
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)8.03%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM22.66%28.31%
Average--
Forward22.16%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E40.40
Price to OCF23.42
Price to FCF50.48
Price to EBITDA20.95
EV to EBITDA27.14

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales4.59
Price to Book5.28
EV to Sales5.95

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count255.63M
EPS (TTM)-
FCF per share (TTM)-

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)9.47B
Gross profit (TTM)3.00B
Operating income (TTM)1.71B
Net income (TTM)1.08B
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)6.32

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)31.72%
Operating margin (TTM)18.06%
Profit margin (TTM)11.37%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash45.97M
Net receivables1.02B
Total current assets1.31B
Goodwill8.39B
Intangible assets2.01B
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets21.13B
Accounts payable765.23M
Short/Current long term debt9.13B
Total current liabilities2.12B
Total liabilities12.88B
Shareholder's equity8.25B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)1.86B
Capital expenditures (TTM)995.53M
Free cash flow (TTM)861.66M
Dividends paid (TTM)243.95M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity13.06%
Return on Assets5.10%
Return on Invested Capital12.97%
Cash Return on Invested Capital10.38%

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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 estimate204.25
Beta0.62
EPS (TTM)-
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-32.32%-56.47%
Date of highest drop7 Jun 20129 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-6.96%-10.86%
Avg time to new high12 days12 days
Max time to new high624 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
WCN (Waste Connections Inc) company logo
Marketcap
43.50B
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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