Waste Connections WCN Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 169%+0.5pp | 168.5%+0.6pp | 167.9%+0.3pp | 167.6%+0.5pp | 167.1%+0.8pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 50.6%-1.0pp | 51.6%-0.1pp | 51.7%-1.0pp | 52.8%-2.9pp | 55.7%-2.2pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.8×0.0× | 1.8×0.0× | 1.9×0.0× | 1.9×0.0× | 1.9×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.6×0.0× | 2.7×0.0× | 2.7×-0.1× | 2.8×0.0× | 2.8×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 2.6×0.0× | 2.7×0.0× | 2.7×-0.1× | 2.8×0.0× | 2.8×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-assets | 1.7×0.0× | 1.7×0.0× | 1.7×0.0× | 1.7×0.0× | 1.7×0.0× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $180.24B-4.7% | $189.09B+0.3% | $188.47B-0.5% | $189.4B+9.4% | $173.06B+9.9% | |
| Enterprise value | $216.08B-3.6% | $224.21B+0.6% | $222.82B-0.2% | $223.29B+8.2% | $206.32B+8.5% | |
| Price / sales | 19.2×-1.2× | 20.4×-0.2× | 20.6×-0.5× | 21.1×+1.4× | 19.7×+1.3× | |
| EV / sales | 23×-1.2× | 24.2×-0.2× | 24.4×-0.5× | 24.9×+1.4× | 23.4×+1.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 10.6%+0.4pp | 10.2%+0.1pp | 10.1%0.0pp | 10%-1.6pp | 11.7%-1.2pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.9%+0.2pp | 2.7%+0.1pp | 2.7%+0.1pp | 2.6%-0.2pp | 2.8%-0.2pp |
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- What are Waste Connections's profit margins?
- Waste Connections (WCN) runs a 42.5% gross margin and a 17.5% operating margin, with a 11.0% net margin.
- Where do Waste Connections's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Waste Connections's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
