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Waste Connections WCN Earnings yield

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3.1%-2.1pp
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1.5%0.0pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.4B+6.4%
Gross profit$1.0B+7.8%
Operating income$364.1M-6.7%
Net income$219.3M-9.2%
EPS (diluted)$0.86-7.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$112.4M+1.1%
Total debt$9.4B+8.4%
Total assets$21.2B+4.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$545.6M+0.8%
CapEx$296.6M+39.6%
Free cash flow$249.0M-24.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$39.41B-17.6%
Enterprise value$48.74B-13.8%
P/E37.4×
P/S4.1×-1.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin42.5%+0.5pp
Operating margin17.5%
Net margin11%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.4%
Debt / equity1.1×0.0×
Current ratio0.7×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Waste Connections’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Waste Connections’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Waste Connections's earnings yield?
Waste Connections (WCN) reported earnings yield of 2.5% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Waste Connections's earnings yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Waste Connections's earnings yield has grown at a 22.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.3% to 9.4%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.