Waste Connections

WCN · NYSE · USD

$150.66Change from previous close: −2.12%Absolute change: −$3.27

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$37.9B
Enterprise value
$47.51B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
36.3
Forward P/E
24.3
PEG
1.51
Price/book
4.80
Price/sales
3.88
EV/EBITDA
15.2
EV/revenue
4.87

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
42.5%
Operating margin
19.7%
Net margin
10.9%
ROE
13.0%
ROA
5.5%
Revenue growth (year over year)
6.4%
Earnings growth (year over year)
4.4%

Financial health

Total cash
$100.52M
Total debt
$9.64B
Debt/equity
1.22
Current ratio
0.66
Quick ratio
0.55

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$1.40
Dividend yield
0.9%
Payout ratio
33.0%
Ex-dividend date
August 6, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$202.04
Median price target
$204.00
High price target
$220.00
Low price target
$162.00
Analysts with a price target
25
Consensus
Strong buy
Forward EPS
$6.21
EPS estimate, current year
$5.64

Shares and trading

Beta
0.47
Average volume
1.22M
Shares outstanding
251.57M
Float
251.19M
Institutional ownership
91.5%
Insider ownership
0.3%
Short interest (% of float)
1.6%
Short ratio (days)
3.63