Industrials
Waste Connections, Inc.(WCN)
Live Price
Offline$155.12
-1.24% today
1Y Change
-17.33%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $40.81B
- Revenue Growth
- +6.5%
- EPS Growth
- +75.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.8%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $40.81B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $155.12 and down 17.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.5%, EPS growth of +75.3%, a dividend yield of 0.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.5%, EPS +75.3%, free cash flow +4.0% with operating margin 17.6% and ROIC 6.7%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.8%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 38.7 and price/sales 4.2. Stock Foundry combines WCN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+6.5% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+17.6% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
38.7 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 22, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +6.5% and EPS at +75.3%, with operating margin around 17.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.8%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 22, 2026 | โ | +7.9% | +4.6% | +0.3% |
2026 Feb 11, 2026 | +0.8% | -8.2% | -3.3% | -2.8% |
2025 Oct 21, 2025 | +4.3% | +2.7% | +0.2% | -0.9% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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WCN Max Drawdown
-22.32%
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Company Overview
Waste Connections, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
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 also 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. As of December 31, 2021, it owned 334 solid waste collection operations; 142 transfer stations; 61 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 71 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. The company also operates an additional 53 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
- Leadership
- Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
- IPO Date
- May 22, 1998
- Employees
- 23.9k
- Street Address
- 6220 Highway 7
- Mailing
- Woodbridge, ON, L4H 4G3
- Region
- Woodbridge, ON, CA
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 19055327510
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 38.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 18.1
- Price/Sales
- 4.2
- Price/Book
- 5.1
Growth
- Revenue
- +6.5%
- EPS
- +75.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- +4.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 39.1%
- Operating Margin
- 17.6%
- Net Margin
- 11.0%
- ROE
- 12.9%
- ROIC
- 6.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.17
- Current Ratio
- 0.69
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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