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Waste Connections WCN Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

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6.2%-0.7pp
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6.4%-0.1pp
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EMCOR GroupEME
15.2%+1.0pp
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4.7%+2.2pp
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4.3%-1.2pp
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Texas Pacific LandTPL
32.4%-2.8pp

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$39.12B-17.6%
Enterprise value$48.45B-13.8%
P/E37.1×
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 return on assets?
Waste Connections (WCN) reported return on assets of 5.1% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Waste Connections's return on assets?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Waste Connections's return on assets has grown at a 16.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.5% to 19.6%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.