Waste Connections (WCN)
Solid-waste services roll-up. Waste Connections is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and reports in USD. compounders.ai reads its annual filings and shows reported operating profit next to normalized EBITA under one published rulebook, every figure linked to the filing it was read from.
- Archetype
- Distribution / services roll-up
- Listing
- New York Stock Exchange: WCN (listing key
NYSE-WCN) - Country
- Canada
- Reporting currency
- USD
- Filing source
- SEC inline XBRL (native)
- Latest filing on record
- Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections, filed 12 Feb 2026 (21 filings on record)
- Fiscal years published
- FY2014–FY2025
- Normalized EBITA published
- FY2017–FY2020, FY2022, FY2024, FY2025
Key figures, FY2025
Fiscal year ended 31 Dec 2025, in USD as reported. Published 20 Oct 2026 under ruleset 1.4.0; read for this page on 20 Oct 2026. Each figure links to the filing it was read from; a computed figure links to its primary citation.
| Figure | FY2025 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||
| Revenue | USD 9,466,915 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:Revenues · as filed |
| Reported operating profit | USD 1,710,174 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · as filed |
| Reported operating margin | 18.1% | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| Normalized EBITA | USD 1,905,500 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| Normalized EBITA margin | 20.1% | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| Normalized EBITDA | USD 2,936,065 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| Returns on capital | ||
| ROIC incl. goodwill | 8.8% | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| ROIC excl. goodwill | 17.5% | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| ROIIC, 3 years | 9.4% | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss · computed from cited lines |
| Balance sheet and cash | ||
| Net debt | USD 8,773,803 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations · computed from cited lines |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.98x | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations · computed from cited lines |
| FCF before acquisitions | USD 1,230,652 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities · computed from cited lines |
| FCF available to shareholders (FCFA2S) | USD 1,225,788 thousand | Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 — Waste Connections · us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities · computed from cited lines |
Earlier years (FY2014–FY2024) are in the terminal's tabs below.
In the terminal
- Waste Connections: Financials
- Waste Connections: Normalization
- Waste Connections: Growth
- Waste Connections: KPIs
- Waste Connections: Returns
- Waste Connections: Sources
How the figures are made: methodology · glossary · how to cite them: citation guidelines.