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Waste Connections WCN Operating Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow at other companies

Clean HarborsCLH

$6.3M+292%

Waste ManagementWM

$1.5B+24.3%

Casella Waste SystemsCWST

$62.25M+24.2%

Republic ServicesRSG

$1.23B+19.7%

Select Water SolutionsWTTR

$10.24M+302%

EnviriNVRI

$21.54M+226%

Other financials

Income statement

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

Cash & equivalents$112.4M+1.1%

Total debt$9.4B+8.4%

Total equity$8.2B+4.9%

Total assets$21.2B+4.6%

Cash flow

CapEx$296.6M+39.6%

Free cash flow$249.0M-24.3%

Valuation

Market cap$42.66B-12.3%

Enterprise value$51.99B-9.1%

P/E40.5×—

P/S4.4×-0.8×

Profitability

Gross margin42.5%+0.5pp

Operating margin17.5%—

Net margin11%—

FCF margin12%-1.0pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity13.4%—

Debt / equity1.1×0.0×

Current ratio0.7×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Waste Connections in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

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 operating cash flow?: Waste Connections (WCN) reported operating cash flow of $545.6M in Q1 2026.
How has Waste Connections's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: Waste Connections's operating cash flow increased by 0.7% year-over-year, from $541.54M to $545.6M.
What is the long-term trend for Waste Connections's operating cash flow?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waste Connections's operating cash flow has grown at a 9.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.7B to $2.41B.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.