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Price (delayed)
$189.01
Market cap
$48.78B
P/E Ratio
51.93
Dividend/share
$1.17
EPS
$3.64
Enterprise value
$57.04B
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 18% below the 5-year quarterly average of 63.6
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
Valuations
Earnings
Shares outstanding
258.06M
Market cap
$48.78B
Enterprise value
$57.04B
Price to earnings (P/E)
51.93
Price to book (P/B)
5.9
Price to sales (P/S)
5.61
EV/EBIT
37.49
EV/EBITDA
21.8
EV/Sales
6.56
Revenue
$8.69B
EBIT
$1.52B
EBITDA
$2.62B
Free cash flow
$1.27B
Per share
Balance sheet
Liquidity
EPS
$3.64
Free cash flow per share
$4.91
Book value per share
$32.02
Revenue per share
$33.7
TBVPS
$39.49
Total assets
$20.1B
Total liabilities
$11.83B
Debt
$8.5B
Equity
$8.26B
Working capital
-$398.9M
Debt to equity
1.03
Current ratio
0.77
Quick ratio
0.7
Net debt/EBITDA
3.16
Margins
Efficiency
Dividend
EBITDA margin
30.1%
Gross margin
41.8%
Net margin
10.8%
Operating margin
17.3%
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 yield
0.62%
DPS
$1.17
Payout ratio
32.1%
WCN stock price
How has the Waste Connections stock price performed over time
Intraday
1.33%
1 week
2.87%
1 month
4.02%
1 year
43.61%
YTD
26.62%
QTD
5.7%
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
51.93
P/B
5.9
P/S
5.61
EV/EBIT
37.49
EV/EBITDA
21.8
EV/Sales
6.56
The P/E is 18% below the 5-year quarterly average of 63.6
The EPS has grown by 13% year-on-year and by 9% since the previous quarter
The P/B is 28% higher than the 5-year quarterly average of 4.6 and 7% higher than the last 4 quarters average of 5.5
The equity has grown by 9% YoY and by 3.5% from the previous quarter
WCN's price to sales (P/S) is 12% higher than its 5-year quarterly average of 5.0 and 8% higher than its last 4 quarters average of 5.2
Waste Connections's revenue has increased by 11% YoY and by 3.3% QoQ
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
0.62%
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.