Industrials
Live Price
Offline$153.97
-0.74% today
1Y Change
-17.33%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → 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 $153.97 and down 17.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Comparison
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WCN
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Normalized return
SPY
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WCN Max Drawdown
-22.32%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$6.2B
-14.7% YoY
FY Net Income
$618.0M
-26.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$953.9M
-14.0% YoY
Revenue Growth
+6.5%
EPS Growth
+75.3%
Gross Margin
39.1%
Net Margin
11.0%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.5B | 8.9B | 8.0B | 7.2B | 6.2B |
| Gross Profit | 3.7B | 3.7B | 3.3B | 2.9B | 2.5B |
| Operating Income | 1.7B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.0B |
| EBITDA | 3.0B | 2.4B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 1.9B |
| Net Income | 1.1B | 618M | 763M | 836M | 618M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 46M | 62M | 78M | 79M | 147M |
| Total Assets | 21.2B | 19.8B | 17.9B | 17.1B | 14.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 13.0B | 12.0B | 10.2B | 10.0B | 7.7B |
| Shareholder Equity | 8.2B | 7.9B | 7.7B | 7.1B | 7.0B |
| Total Debt | 9.4B | 8.4B | 7.0B | 7.1B | 5.2B |
| Net Debt | 9.3B | 8.3B | 6.9B | 7.0B | 5.1B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
1.7B
-16.0% YoY
Capital Expenditures
744M
+18.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
954M
-14.0% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
39.1%
Operating Margin
17.6%
Net Margin
11.0%
ROE
12.9%
Debt / Equity
1.17x
Next Step
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