SequelSEC

Waste Connections, Inc. WCN

Refuse Systems · CIK 0001318220 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$9.47B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$1.71B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$1.23B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) reported revenue of $9.47B and net income of $1.08B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Waste Connections, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Refuse Systems.

Income

Waste Connections, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$9.47B$8.92B$8.02B$7.21B$6.15B$5.45B$5.39B$4.92B$4.63B$3.38B
Cost of revenue$5.46B$5.19B$4.74B$4.34B$3.65B$3.28B$3.20B$2.87B$2.70B$1.96B
Gross profit$4.01B$3.73B$3.28B$2.88B$2.50B$2.17B$2.19B$2.06B$1.93B$1.42B
Operating income$1.71B$1.07B$1.24B$1.24B$1.04B$412.43M$837.78M$832.24M$627.10M$452.30M
Net income$1.08B$617.57M$762.80M$835.66M$618.05M$204.68M$566.84M$546.87M$576.82M$246.54M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 257.98Mshares 258.66Mshares 258.15Mshares 258.04Mshares 261.73Mshares 263.69Mshares 264.53Mshares 264.40Mshares 264.30Mshares 231.08M
Pretax income$1.42B$762.93M$983.50M$1.05B$770.74M$253.91M$705.89M$707.14M$508.51M$361.36M
Income tax expense$341.36M$146.36M$220.68M$212.96M$152.25M$49.92M$139.21M$159.99M-$68.91M$114.04M
Diluted EPS$4.17$2.39$2.95$3.24$2.36$0.78$2.14$2.07$2.18$1.07
Selling, general & administrative$959.54M$883.44M$799.12M$696.47M$612.34M$537.63M$546.28M$524.39M$509.64M$474.26M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Waste Connections, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$45.97M$62.37M$78.40M$78.64M$147.44M$617.29M$326.74M$319.30M$433.82M$154.38M
Total assets$21.13B$19.82B$17.92B$17.13B$14.70B$13.99B$13.74B$12.63B$12.01B$11.10B
Current assets$1.31B$1.23B$1.14B$1.12B$1.03B$1.41B$1.13B$1.09B$1.18B$743.39M
Total liabilities$12.88B$11.96B$10.22B$10.02B$7.71B$7.13B$6.80B$6.17B$5.74B$5.45B
Current liabilities$2.12B$1.88B$1.69B$1.51B$1.23B$1.03B$1.01B$886.84M$802.60M$692.18M
Total equity incl. NCI$8.25B$7.86B$7.70B$7.11B$6.99B$6.86B$6.94B$6.46B$6.27B$5.65B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$1.02B$935.03M$856.95M$833.86M$709.61M$630.26M$662.81M$609.54M$554.46M$485.14M
Goodwill$8.39B$7.95B$7.40B$6.90B$6.19B$5.73B$5.51B$5.03B$4.68B$4.39B
Long-term debt$8.81B$8.07B$6.72B$6.89B$5.04B$4.71B$4.35B$4.15B$3.90B$3.62B
Accounts payable$765.23M$637.37M$642.46M$638.73M$392.87M$290.82M$436.97M$359.97M$330.52M$251.25M

Cash flow

Waste Connections, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$2.41B$2.23B$2.13B$2.02B$1.70B$1.41B$1.54B$1.41B$1.19B$795.31M
Capital expenditures$1.18B$1.06B$934.00M$912.68M$744.32M$597.05M$634.41M$546.14M$479.29MUnavailable
Investing cash flow-$2.02B-$3.16B-$1.58B-$3.09B-$1.69B-$1.05B-$1.43B-$1.37B-$860.91M-$292.58M
Financing cash flow-$360.04M$944.94M-$544.40M$1.03B-$499.50M-$78.22M-$95.89M-$187.58M$56.76M-$354.87M
Net change in cash$31.41M$14.14M$2.67M-$38.25M-$494.77M$291.17M$19.26M-$149.45M$384.90M$147.26M
Stock-based compensation$79.45M$77.88M$70.44M$63.48M$58.22M$45.75M$42.67M$43.80M$39.36M$44.77M
Common dividends paid$333.81M$302.26M$270.60M$243.01M$220.20M$199.88M$175.07M$152.55M$131.98M$92.55M
Common share repurchases$505.52M$0$0$425.00M$338.99M$105.65MUnavailable$58.93MUnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$1.23B$1.16B$1.00B$918.96M$813.01M$752.40M$743.92M$680.49M$632.48M$463.91M

Derived

Waste Connections, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flow$1.23B$1.17B$1.19B$1.11B$953.91M$811.47M$906.14M$865.09M$707.97MUnavailable
Gross margin42.4%41.8%40.9%39.9%40.6%39.8%40.6%41.8%41.6%42.0%
Operating margin18.1%12.0%15.4%17.2%16.9%7.6%15.5%16.9%13.5%13.4%
FCF margin13.0%13.2%14.9%15.4%15.5%14.9%16.8%17.6%15.3%Unavailable
SBC / revenue0.8%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.8%0.9%0.9%1.3%
Current ratio0.62x0.65x0.68x0.74x0.84x1.37x1.12x1.23x1.47x1.07x
Revenue YoY growth6.1%11.2%11.2%17.2%13.0%1.1%9.5%6.3%37.2%Unavailable
Net margin11.4%6.9%9.5%11.6%10.0%3.8%10.5%11.1%12.5%7.3%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue12.5%11.8%11.6%12.7%12.1%11.0%11.8%11.1%10.4%Unavailable
Long-term debt / equity1.07xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate24.1%19.2%22.4%20.3%19.8%19.7%19.7%22.6%-13.6%31.6%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open WCN in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-07-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-23View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-22View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-24View SEC filing

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