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WCN Waste Connections Inc

Price (delayed)

$172.7

Market cap

$44.57B

P/E Ratio

47.45

Dividend/share

$1.17

EPS

$3.64

Enterprise value

$52.83B

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration ...

Highlights
The P/E is 25% below the 5-year quarterly average of 63.6 and 9% below the last 4 quarters average of 52.0
The gross profit has increased by 15% year-on-year and by 3.8% since the previous quarter
The debt has grown by 19% YoY and by 6% from the previous quarter

Key stats

What are the main financial stats of WCN
Market
Shares outstanding
258.06M
Market cap
$44.57B
Enterprise value
$52.83B
Valuations
Price to book (P/B)
5.39
Price to sales (P/S)
5.12
EV/EBIT
34.73
EV/EBITDA
20.19
EV/Sales
6.08
Earnings
Revenue
$8.69B
Gross profit
$3.63B
Net income
$940.33M
EBIT
$1.52B
EBITDA
$2.62B
Free cash flow
$1.27B
Per share
EPS
$3.64
EPS diluted
$3.64
Free cash flow per share
$4.91
Book value per share
$32.02
Revenue per share
$33.7
TBVPS
$39.49
Balance sheet
Total assets
$20.1B
Total liabilities
$11.83B
Debt
$8.5B
Equity
$8.26B
Working capital
-$398.9M
Liquidity
Debt to equity
1.03
Current ratio
0.77
Quick ratio
0.7
Net debt/EBITDA
3.16
Margins
EBITDA margin
30.1%
Gross margin
41.8%
Net margin
10.8%
Operating margin
17.3%
Efficiency
Return on assets
4.9%
Return on equity
11.9%
Return on invested capital
9.7%
Return on capital employed
8.3%
Return on sales
17.5%
Dividend
Dividend yield
0.68%
DPS
$1.17
Payout ratio
32.1%

WCN stock price

How has the Waste Connections stock price performed over time
Intraday
0.96%
1 week
-2.02%
1 month
-9.04%
1 year
17.22%
YTD
15.7%
QTD
-3.42%

Financial performance

How have Waste Connections's revenue and profit performed over time
Revenue
$8.69B
Gross profit
$3.63B
Operating income
$1.51B
Net income
$940.33M
Gross margin
41.8%
Net margin
10.8%
The gross profit has increased by 15% year-on-year and by 3.8% since the previous quarter
Waste Connections's operating income has increased by 13% YoY and by 9% QoQ
Waste Connections's net income has increased by 13% YoY and by 9% from the previous quarter
Waste Connections's revenue has increased by 11% YoY and by 3.3% QoQ

Growth

What is Waste Connections's growth rate over time

Valuation

What is Waste Connections stock price valuation
P/E
47.45
P/B
5.39
P/S
5.12
EV/EBIT
34.73
EV/EBITDA
20.19
EV/Sales
6.08
The P/E is 25% below the 5-year quarterly average of 63.6 and 9% below the last 4 quarters average of 52.0
The EPS has grown by 13% year-on-year and by 9% since the previous quarter
The P/B is 17% higher than the 5-year quarterly average of 4.6 but 2% lower than the last 4 quarters average of 5.5
The equity has grown by 9% YoY and by 3.5% from the previous quarter
Waste Connections's revenue has increased by 11% YoY and by 3.3% QoQ
WCN's price to sales (P/S) is 2.4% higher than its 5-year quarterly average of 5.0

Efficiency

How efficient is Waste Connections business performance
The company's return on equity rose by 7% QoQ and by 5% YoY
The return on sales has grown by 5% since the previous quarter and by 2.3% year-on-year
The ROIC has grown by 4.3% from the previous quarter
WCN's ROA is up by 4.3% QoQ and by 2.1% YoY

Dividends

What is WCN's dividend history
DPS
$1.17
Dividend yield
0.68%
Payout ratio
32.1%
Recent dividends

Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield

Financial health

How did Waste Connections financials performed over time
WCN's total assets is 70% greater than its total liabilities
Waste Connections's total liabilities has increased by 17% YoY and by 4.6% QoQ
WCN's total assets is up by 13% year-on-year and by 4.1% since the previous quarter
The debt is 2.9% more than the equity
The debt has grown by 19% YoY and by 6% from the previous quarter
The debt to equity has grown by 10% YoY

All financial data is based on trailing twelve months (TTM) periods - updated quarterly, unless otherwise specified. Data from and Sharadar.