Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)
Last Price$188.41.4%
Market Cap$48.5B
WCN Rating
WCN Quality rating performance
WCN Intrinsic Value
Key Highlights:
As of Mar 07, 2025 WCN Relative Value is $105.4, which is overvalued by 44.0%, compared to current share price of $188.4.
As of Mar 07, 2025 WCN DCF Value is $131.5, which is overvalued by 30.2%, compared to current share price of $188.4.
WCN Share Price History
1W (0.7%)
1M (1.0%)
6M 2.0%
YTD 27.6%
1Y 12.6%
3Y 43.6%
5Y 102.1%
10Y 420.0%
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WCN Stock Metrics
Key stats
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash Flow Statement
Valuation
Ratios
Per share
Per employee
Dividends & Yields
Base
$48.5B
$56.8B
$8,909.9M
$1,171.0M
Shares Outstanding
258M
Employees
20K
Growth (CAGR)
10.6%
2.14%
124.97%
Profitability
50.5%
12.2%
25.0%
13.1%
189.9%
Intrinsic Value
$117.4 (37.7% overvalued)
$129.8
$105.0
$142.5
$270.5
18.0%
Return on Capital
Financial Health
$8,331.0M
7.1x
6.7x
106.8%
Dividends
12.8%
0.6%
25.8%
Nov 07, 2024
Earnings
Apr 22, 2025
BEAT by 3.8%
BEAT by 4.4%
12.5%
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WCN Stock Financials
WCN Income Statement Metrics
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
WCN Cash Flow Statement Metrics
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
$2,228.9M +4.0% YoY
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)
($1,056.0M) +12.2% YoY
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
$1,172.9M -2.4% YoY
WCN Income Statement Overview
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Dec'15
Dec'16
Dec'17
Dec'18
Dec'19
Dec'20
Dec'21
Dec'22
Dec'23
Dec'24
$8,919.6M 11.2% YoY
Cost of revenue
$5,191.7M 9.4% YoY
Pre-tax income
$762.9M (22.4%) YoY
8.6% margin
WCN Balance Sheet Overview
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Dec'15
Dec'16
Dec'17
Dec'18
Dec'19
Dec'20
Dec'21
Dec'22
Dec'23
Dec'24
Assets
Liabilities
Total assets
$19.8B
Current assets ($1,226.9M, 6.2% of total)
$62.4M (0.3%)
$935.0M (4.7%)
Other current assets
$229.5M (1.2%)
Non-current assets ($18.6B, 93.8% of total)
$0.0 (0.0%)
$8,344.1M (42.1%)
$1,991.6M (10.0%)
Other non-current assets
$8,255.2M (41.7%)
Financial position
$8,325.4M
Cash & Short-term
Investments
Total Debt
WCN Stock Ratios
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Industry Median
5Y Historical Average
Benchmark
WCN Earnings Surprises
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WCN Dividend Per Share
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Valuation
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Profitability
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Company name | Market Cap | Quality rating | Intrinsic value | 1Y Return | Revenue | Free Cash Flow | Revenue growth | FCF margin | Gross margin | ROIC | Total Debt to Equity |
$48.5B | 6.0 | $117.4 37.7% overvalued | 12.6% | $8,909.9M | $1,171.0M | 10.3% | 13.1% | 50.5% | 4.1% | 106.8% | |
$92.8B | 6.5 | $167.1 27.2% overvalued | 12.3% | $22.1B | $2,159.0M | 8.0% | 9.8% | 34.6% | 22.7% | 0.0% | |
$73.4B | 6.9 | $159.5 31.9% overvalued | 28.7% | $16.0B | $2,081.0M | 7.1% | 13.0% | 50.6% | 9.7% | 7.6% | |
$17.8B | 5.8 | $26.4 43.7% overvalued | 32.9% | CA$7,862.0M | CA$346.8M | 4.6% | 4.4% | 18.8% | 3.1% | 146.1% | |
$10.6B | 6.4 | $208.0 5.6% undervalued | 3.3% | $5,890.0M | $335.9M | 8.9% | 5.7% | 27.5% | 9.0% | 10.5% | |
$7,121.9M | 6.4 | $59.4 47.2% overvalued | 19.4% | $1,557.3M | $77.8M | 23.2% | 5.0% | 41.5% | 3.1% | 7.6% | |
$5,745.5M | 5.7 | $53.0 14.5% overvalued | 27.8% | $2,626.9M | ($31.0M) | (1.9%) | (1.2%) | 35.4% | 2.9% | 75.5% | |
$591.7M | 5.7 | $46.8 171.0% undervalued | (53.4%) | $696.4M | ($30.9M) | 11.6% | (4.4%) | 38.2% | (4.9%) | 14.1% | |
$487.7M | 4.7 | $25.4 317.3% undervalued | (27.0%) | $2,342.6M | ($58.5M) | 13.2% | (2.5%) | 18.3% | (0.5%) | 336.5% | |
$218.9M | 6.0 | $199.6 4,952.4% undervalued | (32.8%) | R$3,171.7M | R$275.2M | 25.0% | 8.7% | 17.7% | 11.6% | 154.9% | |
$139.5M | 4.9 | $2.1 194.8% undervalued | (77.6%) | $58.0M | ($101.1M) | 254.1% | (174.3%) | 36.5% | (138.9%) | 212.9% |
FAQ
What is Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) stock rating?
As of today, Waste Connections, Inc. has a stock rating of 6 (out of 10), which is considered Good.
is Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) a good stock to buy?
As of today, Waste Connections, Inc. has a Good stock rating, which is 37.7% overvalued. According to Value Sense backtesting, stocks with similar profile tend to underperform the market by 4.6%.