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Ticker
WCN

Price
178.24
Stock movement up
+0.11 (0.06%)
Company name
Waste Connections Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Waste Management
Market cap
45.99B
Ent value
57.71B
Price/Sales
5.26
Price/Book
5.57
Div yield
0.71%
Div growth
12.60%
Growth years
11
FCF payout
23.88%
Trailing P/E
48.91
Forward P/E
32.94
PEG
6.09
EPS growth
7.39%
1 year return
21.48%
3 year return
11.37%
5 year return
13.38%
10 year return
16.13%
Last updated: 2025-01-20

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share1.26
Dividend yield0.71%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield1.04%
Average yield0.74%
Minimum yield0.61%
Discount to avg yield-4.12%
Upside potential-3.96%
Yield as % of max yield68.27%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield0.71%
Current yield distribution63.49%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.61%
Yield at 90%0.66%
Yield at 80%0.68%
Yield at 50% (Median)0.73%
Yield at 20%0.80%
Yield at 10%0.82%
Yield at 0% (Max)1.04%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth11 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share1.26
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date7 Nov 2024
EPS (TTM)3.63
EPS (1y forward)5.41
EPS growth (5y)7.39%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.03%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
WCNS&P500
DGR MR10.53%12.57%
DGR TTM11.43%6.51%
DGR 3 years11.38%5.24%
DGR 5 years12.60%5.40%
DGR 10 years3.13%7.07%
DGR 15 years-6.12%
Time since last change announced91 days
EPS growth (5y)7.39%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.03%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM31.53%23.88%
Average--
Forward23.29%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E48.91
Price to OCF20.66
Price to FCF37.04
Price to EBITDA16.52
EV to EBITDA20.73

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales5.26
Price to Book5.57
EV to Sales6.60

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count258.01M
EPS (TTM)3.63
FCF per share (TTM)4.80

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)8.74B
Gross profit (TTM)2.84B
Operating income (TTM)1.68B
Net income (TTM)940.33M
EPS (TTM)3.63
EPS (1y forward)5.41

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)32.54%
Operating margin (TTM)19.23%
Profit margin (TTM)10.76%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash115.27M
Net receivables990.90M
Total current assets1.36B
Goodwill7.92B
Intangible assets1.98B
Property, plant and equipment8.55B
Total assets20.10B
Accounts payable706.28M
Short/Current long term debt8.48B
Total current liabilities1.75B
Total liabilities11.83B
Shareholder's equity8.26B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)2.23B
Capital expenditures (TTM)984.92M
Free cash flow (TTM)1.24B
Dividends paid (TTM)296.48M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity11.38%
Return on Assets4.68%
Return on Invested Capital5.71%
Cash Return on Invested Capital7.54%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open178.97
Daily high179.76
Daily low178.24
Daily Volume415K
All-time high193.25
1y analyst estimate197.95
Beta0.72
EPS (TTM)3.63
Dividend per share1.26
Ex-div date7 Nov 2024
Next earnings date11 Feb 2025

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
WCNS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-7.77%-1.68%
Highest price drop-32.32%-56.47%
Date of highest drop7 Jun 20129 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-6.89%-11.11%
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
45.99B
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 to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Employees
22539
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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