Waste Connections, Inc.
General ticker "WCN" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Waste Management
- Capitalization: $47.4B (TTM average)
Waste Connections, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -31.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.2%: low 166.34$, high 170.52$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-02-11 bmo
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-05, amount 0.35$ (Y0.84%)
- Total employees count: 23854 (+5.8%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Environmental regulations, Economic downturns and volatility, Climate change and natural disasters, Operational and conduct risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to 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 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [153.02$, 211.33$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [158.25$, 218.44$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WCN estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 36.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.61 < Operating profit margin, % of 11.97
- Positive: 1.84 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.02
- Positive: 0 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.01
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.73 <= 3.31
- Positive: -14.20 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -7.10
- Negative: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -3.27 <= 2.99
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.16 <= 0.79
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $7,211.86MM | $8,021.95MM | $8,919.59MM |
| Operating Expenses | $5,969.67MM | $6,785.64MM | $7,851.93MM |
| Operating Income | $1,242.19MM | $1,236.31MM | $1,067.66MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-193.23MM | $-252.81MM | $-304.73MM |
| Interest Expense | $202.33MM | $274.64MM | $326.80MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,048.96MM | $983.50MM | $762.93MM |
| Taxes | $212.96MM | $220.68MM | $146.36MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $835.66MM | $762.80MM | $617.57MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $7,108.70MM | $7,692.81MM | $7,860.35MM |
| Inventory | $55.19MM | $61.67MM | $71.16MM |
| Assets | $17,134.60MM | $17,915.88MM | $19,817.81MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,022.49MM | $2,126.82MM | $2,228.93MM |
| Capital expenditure | $912.68MM | $934.00MM | $1,055.99MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,087.17MM | $-1,581.08MM | $-3,159.18MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $1,028.46MM | $-544.40MM | $944.95MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.25 | $2.96 | $2.39 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.