Waste Connections, Inc.
General ticker "WCN" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Waste Management
- Capitalization: $42.6B (TTM average)
Waste Connections, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -25.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.8%: low 159.45$, high 162.12$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (irregularly): last record date 2026-08-06, amount 0.35$ (Y0.22%)
- Total employees count: 24214 (+1.5%) as of 2025
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Customer loss, Operating cost increases, Government regulation, Climate change and natural disasters
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [135.94$, 195.74$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [136.99$, 196.76$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WCN estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 34.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 15.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 18.06
- Positive: 4.90 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.32
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Negative: -0.37 < Inventory ratio change, % of -0.06
- Positive: 34.41 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 39.02 <= 42.26
- Negative: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 4.85 <= 5.14
- Negative: negative Industry operating income (median)
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.74 <= 0.75
- Positive: -0.53 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of -0.06
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $8,021.95MM | $8,919.59MM | $9,466.92MM |
| Operating Expenses | $6,785.64MM | $7,851.93MM | $7,756.74MM |
| Operating Income | $1,236.31MM | $1,067.66MM | $1,710.17MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-252.81MM | $-304.73MM | $-292.26MM |
| Interest Expense | $274.64MM | $326.80MM | $334.55MM |
| Income(Loss) | $983.50MM | $762.93MM | $1,417.92MM |
| Taxes | $220.68MM | $146.36MM | $341.36MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $762.80MM | $617.57MM | $1,076.56MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $7,692.81MM | $7,860.35MM | $8,245.38MM |
| Inventory | $61.67MM | $71.16MM | $78.72MM |
| Assets | $17,915.88MM | $19,817.81MM | $21,129.36MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,126.82MM | $2,228.93MM | $2,414.07MM |
| Capital expenditure | $934.00MM | $1,055.99MM | $1,194.37MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,581.08MM | $-3,159.18MM | $-2,023.24MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-544.40MM | $944.95MM | $-360.04MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.96 | $2.39 | $4.21 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.