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Waste Connections Inc

Waste Connections Inc

WCN · NYSE · Industrials / Waste Management

193.97USD+0.05 (+0.03%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close193.92
Open194.22
Day Range193.53 – 196.51
52-Week Range146.58 – 186.93
Volume1.05M
Market Cap42.33B
P/E (TTM)37.73
Forward P/E18.08
EPS4.46
Dividend Yield0.83%
Beta0.48
50-Day Avg160.90
200-Day Avg162.89

About

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.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustryWaste Management
  • CEOMr. Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
  • Employees24.21K
  • Headquarters6220 Highway 7, Woodbridge, ON, Canada, L4H 4G3, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.wasteconnections.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Ronald J. MittelstaedtFounder, CEO, President & Director · b. 1963
  • Ms. Mary Anne WhitneyExecutive VP & CFO · b. 1964
  • Mr. Patrick J. Shea J.D.Executive VP, General Counsel & Secretary · b. 1971
  • Mr. James M. LittleExecutive Vice President of Engineering & Disposal · b. 1962
  • Mr. Domenico D. PioSenior Vice President of Operations · b. 1964
  • Mr. Jason Jon CraftExecutive VP & COO · b. 1976
  • Mr. Derek TanSenior VP & Chief Accounting Officer · b. 1985
  • Mr. Eric O. HansenSenior VP & Chief Information Officer · b. 1965
  • Mr. Joe Gregory Box Jr.Vice President of Investor Relations
  • Mr. John M. PerkeyVP & Deputy General Counsel of Compliance and Government Affairs · b. 1982

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue6.20M54.00M182.60M304.36M377.53M498.66M563.51M161.41M748.82M803.43M1.04B907.31M1.30B1.37B1.46B1.66B1.93B2.08B2.12B3.38B4.63B4.92B5.39B5.45B6.15B7.21B8.02B8.92B9.50B
Growth (%)-+770.97%+238.15%+66.68%+24.04%+32.08%+13.00%-71.36%+363.93%+7.29%+29.76%-12.97%+42.85%+5.55%+6.92%+13.60%+16.08%+7.80%+1.83%+59.44%+37.16%+6.32%+9.46%+1.06%+12.95%+17.24%+11.23%+11.19%+6.55%
Cost of Revenue3.80M36.40M111.30M174.51M210.59M281.33M316.84M123.76M499.63M553.22M708.80M627.15M895.51M929.78M995.63M956.36M1.06B1.14B1.18B1.96B2.70B2.87B3.20B3.28B3.65B4.34B4.74B5.19B5.80B
Gross Profit2.40M17.60M71.30M129.84M166.94M217.33M246.67M37.65M249.19M250.21M333.70M280.16M400.58M438.29M467.06M705.26M863.98M940.78M939.88M1.42B1.93B2.06B2.19B2.17B2.50B2.88B3.28B3.73B3.70B
Gross Margin38.71%32.59%39.05%42.66%44.22%43.58%43.77%23.33%33.28%31.14%32.01%30.88%30.91%32.04%31.93%42.44%44.79%45.25%44.39%42.01%41.59%41.79%40.64%39.83%40.60%39.88%40.86%41.79%38.96%
Operating Expense1.80M9.60M30.70M52.61M73.02M86.34M101.71M23.38M75.09M82.39M108.29M96.05M150.16M155.35M157.38M377.92M470.53M491.51M1.00B965.85M1.30B1.22B1.35B1.76B1.46B1.63B2.04B2.66B1.98B
Operating Income600.00K8.00M40.60M77.23M93.92M130.99M144.95M14.27M174.09M167.81M225.41M184.11M250.42M282.95M309.68M327.34M393.44M449.27M-61.53M452.30M627.10M832.24M837.78M412.43M1.04B1.24B1.24B1.07B1.72B
Operating Margin9.68%14.81%22.23%25.38%24.88%26.27%25.72%8.84%23.25%20.89%21.62%20.29%19.32%20.68%21.17%19.70%20.40%21.61%-2.91%13.40%13.54%16.91%15.55%7.57%16.90%17.22%15.41%11.97%18.13%
EBITDA2.70M18.02M55.78M104.43M131.65M170.19M195.15M75.73M241.82M244.47M313.26M283.30M375.03M422.79M475.74M520.92M653.98M717.80M709.32M1.03B1.38B1.55B1.61B1.60B1.89B2.19B2.35B2.39B3.00B
EBITDA Margin43.55%33.37%30.55%34.31%34.87%34.13%34.63%46.92%32.29%30.43%30.05%31.22%28.94%30.90%32.53%31.35%33.91%34.52%33.50%30.66%29.82%31.55%29.79%29.33%30.74%30.31%29.24%26.79%31.62%
Net Income-5.10M1.80M9.20M28.19M30.53M55.47M65.60M16.66M87.07M75.46M107.76M88.95M119.48M140.05M160.56M159.09M195.66M232.53M-95.76M246.54M576.82M546.87M566.84M204.68M618.05M835.66M762.80M617.57M1.08B
Net Income Margin-82.26%3.33%5.04%9.26%8.09%11.12%11.64%10.32%11.63%9.39%10.34%9.80%9.22%10.24%10.98%9.57%10.14%11.18%-4.52%7.30%12.46%11.11%10.52%3.76%10.05%11.59%9.51%6.92%11.37%
R&D-------------------000-------
R&D as % of Total Revenue-------------------0.00%0.00%0.00%-------
Interest Expense---00005.12M24.36M28.23M36.36M37.26M53.48M41.60M43.26M53.25M71.36M61.67M59.16M85.02M126.90M125.37M142.58M181.25M181.51M200.61M259.71M291.63M331.68M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%3.17%3.25%3.51%3.49%4.11%4.13%3.04%2.96%3.20%3.70%2.97%2.79%2.52%2.74%2.55%2.65%3.33%2.95%2.78%3.24%3.27%3.49%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets18.90M176.10M617.96M810.10M979.35M1.26B1.40B1.49B1.68B1.77B1.98B2.60B2.82B2.92B3.33B5.08B5.06B5.25B5.12B11.10B12.01B12.63B13.74B13.99B14.70B17.13B17.92B19.82B21.23B
Total Liabilities12.00M88.20M398.80M475.90M579.56M787.09M834.53M759.54M931.75M1.01B1.18B1.35B1.46B1.55B1.93B3.19B3.02B3.02B3.13B5.54B5.74B6.17B6.80B7.13B7.71B10.02B10.22B11.96B13.00B
Total Equity6.90M61.10M218.50M334.21M379.96M451.71M537.49M707.52M718.20M736.48M775.14M1.25B1.35B1.37B1.39B1.88B2.04B2.23B1.99B5.65B6.27B6.45B6.93B6.86B6.99B7.11B7.69B7.86B8.23B
Cash800.00K3.40M2.39M2.46M7.28M4.07M5.28M3.61M7.51M34.95M10.30M265.26M9.64M9.87M12.64M23.21M13.59M14.35M10.97M154.38M433.81M319.31M326.74M617.29M147.44M78.64M78.40M62.37M45.88M
Total Debt6.80M81.40M278.19M337.84M421.48M582.13M611.63M507.27M605.83M644.19M732.83M828.84M882.28M925.03M1.18B2.24B2.07B1.97B2.15B3.62B3.91B4.16B4.54B4.89B5.21B7.10B7.02B8.39B9.40B
Net Debt6.00M78.00M275.80M335.38M414.20M578.06M606.36M503.66M598.32M609.24M722.53M563.58M872.64M915.16M1.17B2.22B2.06B1.96B2.14B3.46B3.48B3.84B4.22B4.28B5.07B7.02B6.94B8.33B9.35B

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1997-12-311998-12-311999-12-312000-12-312001-12-312002-12-312003-12-312004-12-312005-12-312006-12-312007-12-312008-12-312009-12-312010-12-312011-12-312012-12-312013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow2.60M6.10M21.90M53.78M87.20M127.92M157.22M179.63M199.81M204.23M219.07M270.41M303.64M328.40M388.17M416.33M484.06M545.22M577.00M795.31M1.19B1.41B1.54B1.41B1.70B2.02B2.13B2.23B2.41B
Investing Cash Flow-11.90M-62.50M-256.20M-192.97M-90.84M-222.89M-160.95M-112.47M-173.27M-134.55M-235.61M-467.65M-548.23M-214.22M-400.50M-1.73B-251.01M-363.41M-470.53M-296.39M-966.23M-1.37B-1.43B-1.05B-1.69B-3.09B-1.58B-3.16B-2.02B
Financing Cash Flow10.10M58.30M233.30M139.27M8.46M91.76M4.95M-68.83M-22.64M-42.25M-8.11M452.20M-11.04M-113.94M15.11M1.33B-242.67M-181.05M-109.84M-354.87M56.76M-187.58M-95.89M-78.22M-499.50M1.03B-544.40M944.95M-360.04M
Capital Expenditure11.80M62.50M252.30M25.41M40.22M56.78M70.21M71.20M97.48M96.52M124.23M113.50M128.25M134.83M141.92M153.52M209.87M241.28M238.83M344.72M479.29M546.14M666.09M664.56M744.32M912.68M934.00M1.06B1.19B
Free Cash Flow-9.20M-56.40M-230.40M28.37M46.98M71.14M87.00M108.42M102.33M107.72M94.83M156.91M175.39M193.57M246.25M262.81M274.19M303.94M338.17M450.59M707.97M865.09M874.46M743.96M953.91M1.11B1.19B1.17B1.22B
Dividends Paid-200.00K500.00K----11.03M10.49M----8.56M35.57M44.47M51.21M58.91M65.99M92.55M131.97M152.55M175.07M199.88M220.20M243.01M270.60M302.26M333.81M
FCF to OCF-353.85%-924.59%-1052.05%52.75%53.88%55.61%55.34%60.36%51.21%52.74%43.29%58.03%57.76%58.94%63.44%63.13%56.64%55.75%58.61%56.66%59.63%61.30%56.76%52.82%56.17%54.87%56.08%52.62%50.52%
Dividend Paid to FCF--0.35%-0.22%----10.17%10.25%----4.42%14.44%16.92%18.68%19.38%19.51%20.54%18.64%17.63%20.02%26.87%23.08%21.90%22.69%25.77%27.37%

Earnings

Report DateAug 3, 1998Nov 3, 1998Feb 22, 1999May 5, 1999Jul 28, 1999Oct 27, 1999Feb 22, 2000Apr 27, 2000Jul 26, 2000Oct 24, 2000Feb 20, 2001Apr 24, 2001Jul 24, 2001Oct 22, 2001Feb 20, 2002Apr 23, 2002Jul 23, 2002Oct 22, 2002Feb 19, 2003Apr 22, 2003Jul 22, 2003Oct 22, 2003Feb 18, 2004Apr 21, 2004Jul 21, 2004Oct 20, 2004Feb 22, 2005Apr 20, 2005Jul 25, 2005Oct 25, 2005Feb 13, 2006Apr 24, 2006Jul 26, 2006Oct 23, 2006Feb 12, 2007Apr 23, 2007Jul 23, 2007Oct 22, 2007Feb 11, 2008Apr 21, 2008Jul 22, 2008Oct 21, 2008Feb 9, 2009Apr 21, 2009Jul 21, 2009Oct 26, 2009Feb 8, 2010Apr 20, 2010Jul 20, 2010Oct 19, 2010Feb 8, 2011Apr 25, 2011Jul 19, 2011Oct 18, 2011Feb 7, 2012Apr 25, 2012Jul 23, 2012Oct 22, 2012Feb 20, 2013Apr 24, 2013Jul 23, 2013Oct 22, 2013Feb 10, 2014Apr 21, 2014Jul 21, 2014Oct 21, 2014Feb 9, 2015Apr 27, 2015Jul 27, 2015Oct 26, 2015Feb 8, 2016Apr 27, 2016Aug 3, 2016Oct 26, 2016Feb 21, 2017Apr 26, 2017Jul 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017Feb 14, 2018May 2, 2018Jul 24, 2018Oct 29, 2018Feb 13, 2019Apr 24, 2019Jul 29, 2019Oct 28, 2019Feb 12, 2020May 6, 2020Aug 6, 2020Oct 28, 2020Feb 17, 2021Apr 28, 2021Aug 4, 2021Oct 27, 2021Feb 16, 2022May 3, 2022Aug 2, 2022Nov 2, 2022Feb 15, 2023Apr 26, 2023Aug 2, 2023Oct 25, 2023Feb 13, 2024Apr 24, 2024Jul 24, 2024Oct 23, 2024Feb 11, 2025Apr 23, 2025Jul 23, 2025Oct 21, 2025Feb 11, 2026Apr 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Oct 20, 2026Oct 21, 2026
EPS Estimate0.030.040.050.060.080.100.100.100.120.140.130.130.150.160.150.160.200.210.210.200.230.230.230.210.250.280.260.240.280.310.270.240.250.310.270.270.320.350.310.310.360.380.280.270.320.380.340.320.420.470.420.420.520.560.480.440.500.520.530.460.610.700.590.570.720.750.680.640.690.730.660.630.360.470.430.460.530.570.490.550.620.680.600.610.690.710.630.630.550.660.630.670.770.840.820.830.951.020.880.881.011.131.081.001.171.291.191.081.251.381.281.181.351.511.52
EPS Actual0.030.050.050.070.090.100.110.110.120.160.150.130.160.150.150.180.210.210.210.200.230.230.230.220.260.280.250.250.280.310.260.240.250.290.290.300.330.380.310.310.360.380.290.270.340.410.340.340.440.490.440.440.540.580.490.440.500.550.510.510.650.710.610.610.730.780.710.640.690.750.680.620.440.480.450.490.550.600.520.560.650.690.630.620.690.730.690.650.600.720.680.700.810.890.830.821.001.100.890.891.021.171.111.041.241.351.161.131.291.441.291.231.50-1.58
Surprise0.00%25.00%0.00%16.67%12.50%0.00%10.00%10.00%0.00%14.29%15.38%0.00%6.67%-6.25%0.00%12.50%5.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%4.76%4.00%0.00%-3.85%4.17%0.00%0.00%-3.70%0.00%0.00%-6.45%7.41%11.11%3.13%8.57%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%3.57%0.00%6.25%7.89%0.00%6.25%4.76%4.26%4.76%4.76%3.85%3.57%2.08%0.00%0.00%5.77%-3.77%10.87%6.56%1.43%3.39%7.02%1.39%4.00%4.41%0.00%0.00%2.74%3.03%-1.59%22.22%2.13%4.65%6.52%3.77%5.26%6.12%1.82%4.84%1.47%5.00%1.64%0.00%2.82%9.52%3.17%9.09%9.09%7.94%4.48%5.19%5.95%1.22%-1.20%5.26%7.84%1.14%1.14%0.99%3.54%2.78%4.00%5.98%4.65%-2.41%4.63%3.20%4.35%0.78%4.24%11.11%-3.95%
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap42.33B
Enterprise Value48.61B
Trailing P/E37.73
Forward P/E18.08
PEG Ratio1.51
Price / Sales4.34
Price / Book4.94
EPS4.46
Book Value31.41
Revenue (TTM)9.76B
Gross Profit (TTM)4.15B
EBITDA3.12B
Profit Margin10.86%
Operating Margin19.70%
Return on Equity13.03%
Return on Assets5.49%
Shares Outstanding251.57M
Shares Float251.19M
Beta0.48
Dividend Yield0.83%
Dividend Rate1.40
Payout Ratio20.29%

Analyst Ratings

Strong Buy
Based on 28 analystsTarget 195.83
  • Strong Buy
    19
  • Buy
    6
  • Hold
    3

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
91.29%
Insiders
0.26%
Retail / Other
8.45%

Top Institutional Holders

  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    15.80M6.28%
  • Royal Bank of Canada
    13.19M5.24%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
    11.23M4.47%
  • BMO Capital Markets Corp.
    8.67M3.44%
  • Bank of Montreal
    8.67M3.44%
  • 1832 Asset Management L.P
    7.46M2.96%
  • BlackRock Inc
    6.37M2.53%
  • FMR Inc
    5.34M2.12%
  • Mackenzie Investments
    4.70M1.87%
  • Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 3
    4.58M1.82%
  • AQR Capital Management LLC
    4.11M1.63%
  • NORGES BANK
    3.96M1.57%
  • TD Asset Management Inc
    3.80M1.51%
  • WCM Investment Management
    3.79M1.51%
  • Amvescap Plc.
    3.59M1.43%
  • Manufacturers Life Insurance Co
    3.54M1.41%
  • Two Sigma Investments LLC
    3.25M1.29%

Top Fund Holders

  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    8.11M3.22%
  • Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl
    5.40M2.15%
  • Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv
    3.71M1.48%

Dividends

20264×
0.39Nov 5, 20260.35Aug 6, 20260.35May 6, 20260.35Feb 25, 2026
20254×
0.35Nov 5, 20250.32Aug 6, 20250.32May 7, 20250.32Feb 27, 2025
20244×
0.32Nov 7, 20240.28Aug 7, 20240.28May 7, 20240.28Feb 27, 2024
20234×
0.28Nov 7, 20230.26Aug 15, 20230.26May 9, 20230.26Feb 28, 2023
20224×
0.26Nov 15, 20220.23Aug 17, 20220.23May 17, 20220.23Mar 1, 2022
20214×
0.23Nov 8, 20210.20Aug 17, 20210.20May 11, 20210.20Mar 2, 2021

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