Waste Connections, Inc. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
WCN on NYSE
Location
Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • WCN - Waste Connections, Inc. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 7.9%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+38%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 02 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-02) highlights Return On Invested Capital 7.9%, Return On Equity 13.4%, and Return On Assets 5.3%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

49.2/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

7.9%

Metric score 19.3/100

Return On Equity

13%

Metric score 31.6/100

Return On Assets

5.3%

Metric score 40.7/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.62x
Quick Ratio
0.5x
Debt to Equity
1.07x

Strengths

NetIncomeLoss YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital and Return On Equity

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 7.9% +38%
Return On Equity 13% +68%
Return On Assets 5.3% +61%
Operating Margin 18% +51%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.62x -5.5%
Quick Ratio 0.5x -5%
Debt-to-equity 1.07x +4%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 6.1%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 74%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 255,681,232 -0.93%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 255,614,663 -0.93%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 257,323,595 -0.25%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 257,976,741 -0.26%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $9,466,915,000 +6.1%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,710,174,000 +60%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,417,916,000 +86%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $341,359,000 +133%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 4.18 +75%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 4.17 +74%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $45,968,000 -26%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $1,024,992,000 +9.6%
Assets, Current $1,311,563,000 +6.9%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $8,733,327,000 +8.7%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $312,508,000 +1.4%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $2,006,200,000 +0.73%
Goodwill $8,392,249,000 +5.6%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $109,147,000 +20%
Assets $21,129,363,000 +6.6%
Accounts Payable, Current $765,227,000 +20%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $152,622,000 +20%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $810,367,000 +10%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $416,025,000 +8.8%
Liabilities, Current $2,124,261,000 +13%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $8,811,104,000 +9.1%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $1,085,613,000 +13%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $267,000,000 -1.9%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $576,337,000 -23%
Liabilities $12,883,982,000 +7.7%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $111,044,000 +46%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $5,199,755,000 +17%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $8,245,381,000 +4.9%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $8,245,381,000 +4.9%
Liabilities and Equity $21,129,363,000 +6.6%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 255,661,011 -0.93%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $229,580,000 +16%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $139,446,000 -32%
Operating Lease, Liability $311,272,000 -0.42%
Depreciation $1,030,565,000 +5.8%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $1,171,253,000 +178%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $392,330,000 -0.26%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $16,215,960,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $44,272,000 +9.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $53,538,000 +6.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $57,662,000 +8.6%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.0465 +7.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $81,058,000 +0.38%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $45,810,000 -2.2%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $0
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $38,939,000 -1.9%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $201,541,000 +6.2%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $1,232,106,000 +5.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $139,446,000 -32%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY