Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)

Last Closing Price: 187.49 (2025-06-26)

Company Description

Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services across the U.S. and Canada. The company offers non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several of the active natural resource producing areas in the United States, including the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford Basins through its R360 Environmental Solutions subsidiary. It serves over six million residential, commercial, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers in the U.S. and in Canada. In addition, the company provides intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $8.92B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $617.57M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 35.57
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 38.05
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 3.22
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 5.29
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 5.99
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 19.86
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 8.68%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 6.93%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 15.74%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 6.36%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.70
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.70
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.05
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) --
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $30.46
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $1.13
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $4.79
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $2.43
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Industrials
Industry Waste Management
Common Shares Outstanding 258.39M
Free Float 257.67M
Market Capitalization $47.98B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.84M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.62
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 0.28%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 86.09%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $1.26
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 0.68%