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Ticker
WCN.TO

Price
271.54
Stock movement up
+1.00 (0.37%)
Company name
Waste Connections Inc
Exchange
(TO
,
Currency
CAD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Waste Management
Market cap
70.06B
Ent value
81.78B
Price/Sales
8.06
Price/Book
8.48
Div yield
0.64%
Div growth
14.39%
Growth years
6
FCF payout
23.83%
Trailing P/E
74.51
Forward P/E
50.25
PEG
-
EPS growth
7.34%
1 year return
17.91%
3 year return
14.24%
5 year return
19.49%
10 year return
18.14%
Last updated: 2025-04-15

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share1.75
Dividend yield0.64%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield0.91%
Average yield0.70%
Minimum yield0.50%
Discount to avg yield-8.25%
Upside potential-7.62%
Yield as % of max yield71.05%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield0.64%
Current yield distribution78.17%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.50%
Yield at 90%0.55%
Yield at 80%0.62%
Yield at 50% (Median)0.71%
Yield at 20%0.76%
Yield at 10%0.79%
Yield at 0% (Max)0.91%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth6 years
CCC statusDividend Challenger
Dividend per share1.75
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date7 Nov 2024
EPS (TTM)3.63
EPS (1y forward)5.40
EPS growth (5y)7.34%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
WCN.TOS&P500
DGR MR28.83%-13.74%
DGR TTM26.16%6.60%
DGR 3 years11.49%5.24%
DGR 5 years14.39%5.40%
DGR 10 years-7.07%
DGR 15 years-6.12%
Time since last change announced175 days
EPS growth (5y)7.34%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM31.38%23.83%
Average--
Forward32.33%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E74.51
Price to OCF31.62
Price to FCF56.58
Price to EBITDA46.68
EV to EBITDA54.49

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales8.06
Price to Book8.48
EV to Sales9.41

FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count258.01M
EPS (TTM)3.63
FCF per share (TTM)4.79

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)8.69B
Gross profit (TTM)3.63B
Operating income (TTM)1.49B
Net income (TTM)940.33M
EPS (TTM)3.63
EPS (1y forward)5.40

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)41.78%
Operating margin (TTM)17.15%
Profit margin (TTM)10.81%

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 equipment0.00
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)2.22B
Capital expenditures (TTM)977.75M
Free cash flow (TTM)1.24B
Dividends paid (TTM)295.04M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity11.38%
Return on Assets4.68%
Return on Invested Capital11.32%
Cash Return on Invested Capital14.90%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open271.79
Daily high272.73
Daily low269.62
Daily Volume221K
All-time high281.55
1y analyst estimate257.58
Beta0.72
EPS (TTM)3.63
Dividend per share1.75
Ex-div date7 Nov 2024
Next earnings date22 Apr 2025

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
WCN.TOS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-3.56%-12.04%
Highest price drop-83.42%-56.47%
Date of highest drop18 Dec 20089 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-28.85%-11.07%
Avg time to new high20 days12 days
Max time to new high3181 days1805 days
COMPANY DETAILS
WCN.TO (Waste Connections Inc) company logo
Marketcap
70.06B
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
Investor relations
-
CEO
Country
Canada
City
Stock type
-
CCC status
Dividend Challenger
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS
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COMPANY NEWS
All newsPress releases
When you buy a stock there is always a possibility that it could drop 100%. But on the bright side, if you buy shares...
April 11, 2025
Waste Connections (WCN) witnessed a jump in share price last session on above-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions for the stock doesn't suggest further strength dow...
April 10, 2025
The WCN stock is benefiting from buyouts and shareholder-friendly policies.
April 9, 2025
Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) and Chubb Limited (CB), as well as a micro-cap stoc...
April 2, 2025
Waste Connections has been a steady profit grower since 2021. The trash collection stock hit an all-time high on Tuesday.
April 2, 2025
GREENWICH, Conn., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gabelli Funds, LLC, will host the 11th Annual Waste & Sustainability Symposium on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at the Harvard Club in New York City. Thi...
April 2, 2025
Elsewhere, WM’s Florida expansion faces opposition, Republic is looking to expand a Colorado landfill and an Illinois landfill is set to close.
April 2, 2025
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the waste management industry, including Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and its peers.
April 1, 2025
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March 29, 2025
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March 28, 2025
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