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WCN Key Statistics

As of Sep 4, 2026

Trading

Open: $164.54
Previous Close: $166.81
Day's Range: 163.59–165.46
52-Week Range: 146.89–179.74
Volume: 678.20K
Beta: 0.47

Valuation

Market Cap: $41.48B
P/E Ratio: 39.82
Forward P/E: 26.56
PEG Ratio: 2.36
P/S ratio: 4.25
EPS (ttm): 4.14

Financials (FY)

Revenue (FY): $9.47B+6.14%
Net Income (FY): $1.08B+74.32%
Profit margin: 10.86%
Shares Outstanding: 251.57M
1-Year Return: −8.46%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: $1.40+0.84%
Ex-Dividend Date: August 6, 2026
Earnings Date: October 20, 2026estimated
Avg Volume: 1.39M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

WCN Stock Return by Calendar Year

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

+36.47%−5.37%

2016*2017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	−5.37%
2025	+2.71%
2024	+15.72%
2023	+13.47%
2022	−2.02%
2021	+33.80%
2020	+13.86%
2019	+23.19%
2018	+5.29%
2017	+36.47%
2016 (partial year)	+2.13%

As of September 4, 2026.

WCN Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December

RevenueNet income

2022202320242025

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Net margin
2025	$9.47B	$1.08B	11.4%
2024	$8.92B	$617.57M	6.9%
2023	$8.02B	$762.80M	9.5%
2022	$7.21B	$835.66M	11.6%

Fiscal year	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating income	Net income	Net margin
2025	$9.47B	$4.01B	$1.82B	$1.08B	11.4%
2024	$8.92B	$3.73B	$1.68B	$617.57M	6.9%
2023	$8.02B	$3.28B	$1.48B	$762.80M	9.5%
2022	$7.21B	$2.88B	$1.26B	$835.66M	11.6%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

WCN Dividend History

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$0.95−19.2% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 3 payments

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026*	$1.05	3	—
2025	$0.95	3	−19.2%
2024	$1.17	4	+11.4%
2023	$1.05	4	+11.1%

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026 (partial year)	$1.05	3	—
2025	$0.95	3	−19.2%
2024	$1.17	4	+11.4%
2023	$1.05	4	+11.1%
2022	$0.95	4	+11.8%
2021	$0.85	4	+11.2%
2020	$0.76	4	+14.3%
2019	$0.67	4	+51.1%
2018	$0.44	3	−12.0%
2017	$0.50	4	+316.7%
2016	$0.12	1	—

Most recent payment: $0.35 per share, ex-dividend August 6, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

WCN Valuation vs Waste Management Median

Median of 23 stocks

Metric	WCN	Waste Management median	vs median
P/E	39.82	31.41	27% above
P/S ratio	4.25	2.09	103% above
Profit margin	10.86%	0.00%	10.9 pts above

Medians across 23 Waste Management stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of September 4, 2026.

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Analysis

Data-derived

Company Overview

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) carries a market capitalisation of $41.48B. It is classified in the Waste Management industry, within the Industrials sector. Headcount on file is 24,214.

The 52-week range on file runs from $146.89 to $179.74. WCN last closed at $164.87 on September 4, 2026. That is −$1.94 (−1.16%) against the previous close. The latest close sits 12.24% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

Fiscal 2025 revenue came to $9.47B. That is +6.14% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $8.92B. Net income for the same year was $1.08B. That is +74.32% against the prior fiscal year. Profit margin runs at 10.86%. That is 10.9 percentage points above the Waste Management median of 0%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 4.14.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $7.21B in 2022 to $9.47B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The trailing P/E ratio stands at 39.82. That is 26.75% above the Waste Management median of 31.42. The forward P/E on file is 26.56. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 2.36. The price-to-sales ratio is 4.25. On price-to-sales that is 102.96% above the Waste Management median of 2.09. 23 Waste Management companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned −8.46%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +12.96%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.47. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 19.86%.

Growth & Income

WCN pays a dividend yielding 0.84%. That is 0.4 percentage points below the Waste Management median yield of 1.19%. The indicated annual rate is $1.40 a share. The ex-dividend date on file is August 6, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 3 payments totalling $1.05 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $0.95 a share.

Across the complete calendar years on file, 2017 returned +36.47% and 2022 returned −2.02%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 8 finished higher. So far in 2026 the price is −5.37%.

Peer Comparison

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) operates in the Waste Management industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
Waste Connections, Inc.	WCN	$41.48B	39.8
Waste Management, Inc.	WM	$87.53B	31.0
Republic Services, Inc.	RSG	$68.20B	31.9
Clean Harbors, Inc.	CLH	$16.74B	38.6

The Waste Management industry average P/E ratio is 31.4x. Waste Connections, Inc. trades at a P/E of 39.8.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each nightly rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of September 4, 2026.

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About Waste Connections, Inc.

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal 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; develops, owns, and operates projects or the beneficial reuse of landfill gas through landfill network; and intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste created through the initial drilling and completion of an oil or natural gas well, 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. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

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Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) Stock Analysis