Waste Connections WCN Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | TTM Q2 '25 | TTM Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 169%+1.9pp | 168.5%+2.2pp | 167.9%+2.6pp | 167.6%+3.7pp | 167.1%+4.8pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 50.6%-5.1pp | 51.6%-6.2pp | 51.7%-7.9pp | 52.8%-7.6pp | 55.7%-4.2pp | |
| 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×-0.2× | 2.7×-0.2× | 2.7×-0.2× | 2.8×-0.1× | 2.8×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 2.6×-0.2× | 2.7×-0.2× | 2.7×-0.2× | 2.8×-0.1× | 2.8×-0.1× | |
| 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×+0.1× | 1.7×+0.1× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $180.24B+4.2% | $189.09B+20.1% | $188.47B+27.3% | $189.4B+38.6% | $173.06B+24.3% | |
| Enterprise value | $216.08B+4.7% | $224.21B+17.9% | $222.82B+24.3% | $223.29B+34.0% | $206.32B+22.8% | |
| Price / sales | 19.2×-0.5× | 20.4×+2.0× | 20.6×+2.9× | 21.1×+4.2× | 19.7×+2.1× | |
| EV / sales | 23×-0.5× | 24.2×+2.0× | 24.4×+2.9× | 24.9×+4.3× | 23.4×+2.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 10.6%-1.1pp | 10.2%-2.7pp | 10.1%-3.6pp | 10%-4.4pp | 11.7%-2.0pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.9%+0.1pp | 2.7%-0.3pp | 2.7%-0.4pp | 2.6%-0.6pp | 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.
