Waste Connections, Inc.
WCNNYSE
$171.91
↓ -1.4%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↓ -5.2%
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Key statistics
Market Cap
$44.0B
Enterprise Value
$53.0B
P/E
41.9
P/S
4.6
P/B
5.5
EV/EBITDA
18.0
PEG
4.8
FCF Yield
2.6%
Dividend Yield
0.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$9.6B
Net Income (TTM)
—
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$1.2B
Gross Margin
—
Operating Margin
17.5%
Net Margin
—
ROE
—
ROIC
7.5%
Debt / Equity
1.1
Net Cash
-$9.0B
Return 1Y
-4.9%
Company profile
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. 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. As of December 31, 2021, it owned 334 solid waste collection operations.
- CEO
- Worthing F. Jackman
- Sector
- Services
- Industry
- Business Services
- Employees
- 22,100
- Headquarters
- Ontario
- Website
- wasteconnections.com
Management & directors
- Bradley AaronSR VP PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
- Black Matthew StephenSr VP Chief Tax Officer
- Craft JasonExecutive Vice President & COO
- Pio DomenicSR VP Operations
- Shea Patrick JamesExec VP, General Counsel & Sec
- Nielsen Iii RobertSR VP Operations
- Mittelstaedt Ronald JPresident & CEO
- Hansen EricSenior Vice President and CIO
- Little JamesExecutive VP Engineering
- Tan DerekSR VP Chief Accounting Officer
- Cloninger Robert MichaelSR VP, Deputy General Counsel
- Netherton SusanSR VP People, Training & Dev
Roles derived from SEC Form 4 filings.
Earnings
WCN Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$2.4B↑ +6.4%
Diluted EPS$0.86↓ -7.5%
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.4B | $6.2B | $7.2B | $8.0B | $8.9B | $9.5B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $412.4M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.7B |
| Net income | $204.7M | $618.0M | $835.7M | $762.8M | $617.6M | $1.1B |
| Diluted EPS | $0.78 | $2.36 | $3.24 | $2.95 | $2.39 | $4.17 |
| Operating cash flow | $1.4B | $1.7B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.4B |
| Free cash flow | $811.5M | $953.9M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.2B |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 16.9% | 17.2% | 15.4% | 12.0% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 10.0% | 11.6% | 9.5% | 6.9% | 11.4% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.4B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $424.7M | $475.3M | -$199.2M | $390.2M | $459.5M | $439.6M | $420.8M | $364.1M |
| Net income | $275.5M | $308.0M | -$196.0M | $241.5M | $290.3M | $286.3M | $258.5M | — |
| Diluted EPS | $1.07 | $1.19 | -$0.76 | $0.93 | $1.12 | $1.11 | $1.01 | $0.86 |
| Operating cash flow | $611.4M | $558.3M | $568.9M | $541.5M | $638.2M | $677.4M | $556.9M | $545.6M |
| Free cash flow | $394.2M | $286.2M | $172.2M | $329.1M | $352.9M | $380.3M | $172.6M | $249.0M |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 20.3% | -8.8% | 17.5% | 19.1% | 17.9% | 17.7% | 15.4% |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 13.2% | -8.7% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% | 10.9% | — |
Company news
Jul 15, 2026
Jul 2, 2026
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | PIO DOMENIC· SR VP Operations | J | 95 | $158.36 | $15,044.20 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | CRAFT JASON· Executive Vice President & COO | J | 54 | $158.36 | $8,551.44 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | BRADLEY AARON· SR VP PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION | J | 42 | $158.36 | $6,651.12 | filing |
| 2026-06-30 | Black Matthew Stephen· Sr VP Chief Tax Officer | J | 16 | $158.36 | $2,533.76 | filing |
| 2026-06-09 | Shea Patrick James· Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec | Gift | 100 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-08 | Shea Patrick James· Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec | Gift | 15 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-06-05 | Shea Patrick James· Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec | Sale | 7,500 | $156.26 | $1.2M | filing |
| 2026-06-05 | CRAFT JASON· Executive Vice President & COO | Sale | 1,500 | $156.59 | $234,887.25 | filing |
| 2026-05-14 | NIELSEN III ROBERT· SR VP Operations | Sale | 500 | $155.56 | $77,780.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-13 | NIELSEN III ROBERT· SR VP Operations | Sale | 290 | $151.00 | $43,790.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | MITTELSTAEDT RONALD J· President & CEO | Buy | 50,000 | $152.24 | $7.6M | filing |
| 2026-05-12 | NIELSEN III ROBERT· SR VP Operations | Sale | 337 | $153.00 | $51,561.00 | filing |
| 2026-04-30 | HANSEN ERIC· Senior Vice President and CIO | Sale | 6,000 | $164.82 | $988,924.80 | filing |
| 2026-04-27 | LITTLE JAMES· Executive VP Engineering | Sale | 2,605 | $163.98 | $427,167.90 | filing |
| 2026-04-01 | FLORNESS DANIEL L | Tax withholding | 178 | $162.98 | $29,009.92 | filing |
| 2026-04-01 | FLORNESS DANIEL L | Option exercise | 332 | $0.00 | $0.00 | filing |
| 2026-03-04 | TAN DEREK· SR VP Chief Accounting Officer | Sale | 1,173 | $171.03 | $200,618.19 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | Whitney Mary Anne· Executive Vice President & CFO | Tax withholding | 566 | $162.76 | $92,122.16 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | Shea Patrick James· Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec | Tax withholding | 494 | $162.76 | $80,403.44 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | LITTLE JAMES· Executive VP Engineering | Tax withholding | 482 | $162.76 | $78,450.32 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | MITTELSTAEDT RONALD J· President & CEO | Tax withholding | 346 | $162.76 | $56,314.96 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | CRAFT JASON· Executive Vice President & COO | Tax withholding | 332 | $162.76 | $54,036.32 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | Black Matthew Stephen· Sr VP Chief Tax Officer | Tax withholding | 317 | $162.76 | $51,594.92 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | NIELSEN III ROBERT· SR VP Operations | Tax withholding | 316 | $162.76 | $51,432.16 | filing |
| 2026-02-18 | HANSEN ERIC· Senior Vice President and CIO | Tax withholding | 297 | $162.76 | $48,339.72 | filing |
Showing the latest 25 transactions — full history in the linked SEC filings.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.