Discontinued — last reported Q4 '25
Finance Lease Liabilities (Total)
Waste Connections Finance Lease Liabilities (Total) decreased by 8.0% to $14.69M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 76.1%, from $8.34M to $14.69M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Finance Lease Liabilities (Total) shows an upward trend with a 33.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase indicates a preference for financing asset acquisitions through leasing rather than cash or traditional loans, impacting long-term interest expense.
Detailed definition
The aggregate amount of all current and non-current obligations related to finance leases, representing the total debt-e...
Peer comparison
Investors use this to adjust debt metrics to ensure comparability between firms that buy assets and those that use finance leases.
finance_lease_liabilities_totalHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $9.42M | $7.14M | $10.52M | $10.01M | $10.77M | $12.13M | $11.46M | $10.79M | $10.51M | $10.77M | $10.03M | $9.29M | $11.03M | $10.14M | $9.25M | $8.34M | $16.05M | $14.88M | $15.97M | $14.69M |
| QoQ Change | — | -24.2% | +47.4% | -4.9% | +7.6% | +12.7% | -5.5% | -5.9% | -2.6% | +2.5% | -6.9% | -7.4% | +18.7% | -8.1% | -8.8% | -9.8% | +92.3% | -7.3% | +7.4% | -8.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +14.4% | +70.0% | +9.0% | +7.8% | -2.4% | -11.2% | -12.5% | -13.9% | +4.9% | -5.8% | -7.8% | -10.2% | +45.5% | +46.7% | +72.7% | +76.1% |
Finance Lease Liabilities (Total) at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Waste Connections's finance lease liabilities (total)?
- Waste Connections (WCN) reported finance lease liabilities (total) of $14.69M in Q1 2026.
- How has Waste Connections's finance lease liabilities (total) changed year-over-year?
- Waste Connections's finance lease liabilities (total) increased by 76.1% year-over-year, from $8.34M to $14.69M.
- What is the long-term trend for Waste Connections's finance lease liabilities (total)?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Waste Connections's finance lease liabilities (total) has grown at a 33.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.75M to $15.97M.
- What does finance lease liabilities (total) mean?
- The total debt the company owes for all its lease-to-own agreements.