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Waste Connections

TOR:WCN · CA94106B1013
Commercial Services & SuppliesX-Large

360

20
EV / EBIT12
Price / Owner Earnings16
Owner Earnings Yield19
Dividend Yield67
Price/Sales24
EV / Gross Profit10
Price/Book28
Return on Capital39
Cash Return on Capital33
Return on Equity49
EBIT Margin80
Gross Profitability37
Cash Conversion63
Accruals43
Owner Earnings Margin73
Sales growth45
Profit Growth87
Long-Term EPS Growth51
Owner Earnings Growth85
Reinvestment45
Price momentum41
Debt load41
Refinancing24
Debt Payback28
Liquidity74
Analyst ratings79
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside79
Market mood78
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Waste Connections clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryCommercial Services & Supplies
SizeX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Employees2,469
ISINCA94106B1013
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental ConsultingBiofuelFreight ServiceDisposal and RecyclingPollution ControlUrban MiningClean EnergyEnvironment, Health and Safety (EH&S)Industrial

Description

Waste Connections, Inc. (Waste Connections) is a solid waste services company in North America. The company provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily through re…

Analysis

Hope premium

Waste Connections, Inc. is priced well ahead of what the underlying numbers justify, a pattern we describe as a hope premium.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 38.1×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 15% a year, against analyst forecasts of 10%. The gap between price and consensus is worth watching: demanding expectations.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
63
2023202420252026

All-time high

94

Jan 2024

All-time low

8

Jan 2026

Average rank

54

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
24
9
3
8
Price/Earnings
21
17
12
16
Price/Book
28
14
4
16
Dividend Yield
67
24
35
36
Value (overall)
30
6
6
9

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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