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Fair value pending

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

38.6B

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Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E27

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E37

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE13.1

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC7.9

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All WCN market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

266

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Currency

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Showing 266 of 266 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001318220
Company name	Waste Connections, Inc.
Country	Canada
Country code	US
Cusip	94106B101
Employees	24,214
Employees Change	360%
Employees Change Percent	1.51
Enterprise value	$47.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Waste Management
IPO Date	1998-05-20
Isin	CA94106B1013
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$38.6B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$152
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	396,851.82x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	4953
Symbol	WCN
Website	https://www.wasteconnections.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.73%
EV Earnings	45.42x
EV Sales Forward	4.7x
EV/EBIT	26.4x
EV/EBITDA	15.6x
EV/FCF	42.03x
EV/Sales	4.98x
FCF yield	2.95%
Forward P/E	27x
P/B ratio	4.79x
P/E ratio	37.01x
P/S ratio	4.01x
PE Ratio10 Y	57.23x
PE Ratio3 Y	56.15x
PE Ratio5 Y	53.3x
PEG ratio	2.64x
PS Forward	3.78x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	18.88%
EBITDA Margin	31.96%
FCF margin	11.86%
Gross margin	42.5%
Gross Profit	$4.1B
Gross Profit Growth	7.09%
Gross Profit Growth Q	7.77%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	11.17%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	13.15%
Net Income	$1.1B
Net Income Growth	67.62%
Net Income Growth Q	-9.18%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	7.31%
Net Income Growth5 Y	36.57%
Pretax Margin	14.45%
Profit Margin	10.97%
Profit Per Employee	$43,545
Profitable Years	10
ROA	5.47
Roa5y	4.73
ROCE	9.46
ROE	13.12
Roe5y	10.48
ROIC	7.93
Roic5y	7.27

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	-22.87%
Cagr3y	3.36%
Cagr5y	5.04%
Div CAGR3	11.11%
Div CAGR5	11.28%
EPS Growth	68.76
EPS Growth Q	-7.63
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	7.3
EPS Growth5 Y	37.18
FCF Growth	-3.56%
FCF Growth Q	-24.34%
FCF Growth3 Y	1.56%
FCF Growth5 Y	6.92%
OCF Growth	6.05%
OCF Growth Q	0.75%
OCF Growth10 Y	15.36%
OCF Growth3 Y	6.11%
OCF Growth5 Y	10.93%
Revenue Growth	5.89x
Revenue Growth Q	6.39x
Revenue Growth Quarters	22x
Revenue Growth Years	28x
Revenue Growth3 Y	8.78x
Revenue Growth5 Y	11.85x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.46
Assets	$21.2B
Cash	$114.3M
Current Assets	$1.4B
Current Liabilities	$2B
Debt	$9.4B
Debt EBITDA	$3.01
Debt Equity	$1.17
Debt FCF	$8.28
Equity	$8.1B
Interest Coverage	5.31
Liabilities	$13.1B
Long Term Assets	$19.8B
Long Term Liabilities	$11.1B
Net Cash	$-9.3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-24.16
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.04
Net Debt Equity	$1.16
Net Debt FCF	$8.18
Tangible Book Value	$-2.3B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-9.11
WACC	6.35

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.69
Net Working Capital	$-682.2M
Quick ratio	0.57
Working Capital	$-631.1M
Working Capital Turnover	$-16.29

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.6%
Dividend Growth	10.98%
Dividend Growth Years	10%
Dividend per share	$1.4
Dividend Years	11
Dividend Yield	0.92%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-06
Last Dividend	$0.35
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	33.28%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	-22.85%
200-day SMA	171.5
3Y total return	10.42%
50-day SMA	163.1
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	27.85%
All Time High	201.7
All Time High Change	-24.71%
All Time High Date	2025-04-03
All Time Low	43.67
All Time Low Change	247.68%
All Time Low Date	2016-06-01
ATR	3.63
Beta	0.54
Beta1y	0.07
Beta2y	0.25
Ch YTD	-13.42
High	154.9
High52	199
High52 Date	2025-05-08
High52ch	-23.71%
Low	151.6
Low52	151.6
Low52 Date	2026-05-08
Low52ch	0.14%
Ma50ch	-6.91%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-11.48%
RSI	34.29
RSI Monthly	39.8
RSI Weekly	36.83
Sharpe ratio	-1.26x
Sortino ratio	-1.43
Total Return	1.52%
Tr YTD	-13.05
Tr1m	-7.22%
Tr1w	-5.63%
Tr3m	-9.88%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	19
Analyst Count Top	5
Analyst Price Target Top	$201
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.19
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	5.31
Earnings Revenue Estimate	2,350,359,382x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	5.49x
Operating Income	$1.8B
Operating Income Growth	44.25
Operating Income Growth Q	8.95
Operating Income Growth3 Y	11.05
Operating Income Growth5 Y	14.7
Operating margin	18.88
Price target	$204
Price Target Change	$34.51
Price Target Change Top	$32.53

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	253,251,561%
Float Percent	99.67%
Net Borrowing	609,545,000
Shares Insiders	0.23%
Shares Institutions	87.71%
Shares Out	254,080,912
Shares Qo Q	-0.23%
Shares Yo Y	-0.6%
Short Float	0.86%
Short Ratio	1.7
Short Shares	0.86

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$1.1B
Average Volume	1,595,751.25x
Bv Per Share	31.7
CAPEX	$-1.3B
Ch1m	-7.43
Ch1w	-5.84
Ch1y	-23.47
Ch3m	-10.27
Ch3y	7.81
Ch5y	23.09
Ch6m	-8.64
Change	-1.14%
Change From Open	-1.34
Close	153.6
Days Gap	0.2
Depreciation Amortization	1,256,906,000
Dollar Volume	350,218,679.6
Earnings Date	2026-04-22
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$1.8B
EBITDA	$3.1B
EPS	$4.1
F Score	6
FCF	$1.1B
FCF EV Yield	2.38x
FCF Per Share	$4.49
Financing CF	-569,561,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,997
Goodwill	8,414,577,000
Graham Number	54.08495
Graham Upside	-64.38
Income Tax	$334.1M
Investing CF	-1,775,733,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-22
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2017-06-19
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-12
Lynch Fair Value	$103
Lynch Upside	-32.46
Ma150	168.2
Ma150ch	-9.74%
Ma20	160.1
Ma20ch	-5.17%
Net CF	73,200,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-22
Open	153.9
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	33.85
P OCF Ratio	15.95
Payment Date	2026-05-21
Position In Range	6.34
Post Close	151.8
Postmarket Change Percent	2.16
Postmarket Price	$155
Ppne	9,038,103,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$12.56
Relative Volume	1.45x
Revenue	9,609,370,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.77x
Share Based Comp	73,597,000
Tax By Revenue	3.48x
Tax Rate	24.06%
Tr6m	-8.24%
Volume	2,306,802
Z Score	3.15

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

WCN dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+0.9%

$1.40 annual per share

Payout ratio

+33.3%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+11.3%

10 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+1.5%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-06

Performance

WCN stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns WCN?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+87.7%

Float: +99.7% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.2%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

WCN momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

34.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-11.5%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.54

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-1.26

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

WCN vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	Sat
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	Sat
CMI	Cummins Inc.	93.8B	35.3x	2.8x	15.8%	+10.2%	+132.3%	Azalt

Questions

About WCN

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