WCN
IndustrialsWaste Connections, Inc.
$173.94
$-0.18 (-0.10%)
Jan 5, 2026
Price History (1Y)
Analysis
Waste Connections, Inc. is a leading provider of waste management services in the Industrials sector, operating within the Waste Management industry. With a significant scale, the company boasts a market capitalization of $44.72B and annual revenues of $9.35B, serving 23,854 employees. The company's financial health indicates moderate profitability, with gross margins standing at 42.1%, operating margins at 19.2%, and profit margins at 6.7%. Returns on equity (ROE) and assets (ROA) are relatively low, at 7.6% and 3.9%, respectively. The balance sheet reveals a significant debt-to-equity ratio of 110.68, with cash reserves totaling $119.93M and outstanding debt amounting to $8.96B. In terms of valuation context, the company's P/E ratio (TTM) is notably high at 72.48, while its forward P/E stands at 30.78. Revenue growth has been steady, increasing by 5.1% year-over-year, but earnings growth has contracted by 6.7%. The dividend yield stands at 8.0%, with a payout ratio of 52.5%.
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About Waste Connections, Inc.
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. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Visit website →Key Statistics
- Market Cap
- $44.72B
- P/E Ratio
- 72.48
- 52-Week High
- $201.66
- 52-Week Low
- $163.27
- Avg Volume
- 1.09M
- Beta
- 0.62
- Dividend Yield
- 80.00%
Company Info
- Industry
- Waste Management
- Exchange
- NYQ
- Country
- Canada
- Employees
- 23,854