WCN vs OSK vs BBCP Stock Comparison

Waste Connections, Oshkosh and Concrete Pumping Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WCN Waste Connections, Inc.
$181.92 +16.8% 1M +4.1% 1Y
Market cap
$45.87B
P/E
37.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.94B
Div. yield
0.77%
Solid Waste Industrials
3 wins
OSK Oshkosh Corp
$134.20 +1.0% 1M -3.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.30B
P/E
15.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.61B
Div. yield
1.65%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Oshkosh leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Oshkosh 7, Waste Connections 3, Concrete Pumping Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWCNOSKBBCPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $45.87B $8.30B $490.33M WCN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 37.2x 15.1x 33.3x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 33.7x 13.4x 51.2x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.3% +2.2% +10.2% BBCP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.2% 3.4% OSK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.4% 5.6% OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x 3.1x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.77% 1.65% 1.34% OSK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.1% -3.6% +52.3% BBCP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.5%/yr +4.5%/yr +2.2%/yr WCN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.8% 40.4% 47.1% WCN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 72/100 61/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

WCNOSKBBCP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWCNOSKBBCP
Valuation 27 #12 of 16 95 #12 of 203 90 #6 of 52
Growth 69 #5 of 14 59 #78 of 188 28 #27 of 37
Profitability 69 #5 of 14 63 #69 of 183 72 #11 of 37
Financial Health 20 #13 of 16 52 #105 of 217 38 #36 of 57
Shareholder Returns – 91 #15 of 153 77 #7 of 27
Overall 46 72 61
  • WCN ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • BBCP ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWCNOSKBBCPSPY
1 month +16.8%+1.0%-0.4% -0.2%
3 months +7.5%-11.9%-4.3% +3.9%
6 months +11.2%-10.3%+23.8% +8.2%
Year to date +3.7%+6.8%+45.0% +12.9%
1 year +4.1%-3.6%+52.3% +12.3%
3 years +42.1%+55.5%+45.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +12.4%+15.9%+13.4% +23.3%
5 years +37.0%+24.4%+11.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +6.5%+4.5%+2.2% +10.9%
10 years +268.8%+155.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +13.9%+9.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWCNOSKBBCPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.8%40.4%47.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.5%40.5%37.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.191.400.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.16-0.091.11 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -25.5%-43.5%-49.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.5%-24.6%-19.3% -1.2%
52-week high $186.62$177.94$12.05 $779.14
52-week low $149.02$118.59$5.73 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWCNOSKBBCP
P/E now vs peer median 37.2xmedian 33.2x 15.1xmedian 25.2x 33.3xmedian 26.7x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 3.3x 0.8xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.5x 8.7xmedian 14.0x 7.1xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.8xmedian 16.4x 7.4xmedian 21.7x 23.2xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 3.0x 1.8xmedian 2.3x 1.8xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.81 1.18median 1.32 -1.77median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWCNOSKBBCP
Revenue $9.94B $10.61B $436.03M
Gross profit – $1.69B $170.20M
Operating income $1.76B $797.60M $56.93M
Net income $1.13B $556.30M $16.50M
Free cash flow – $1.12B $21.12M
EPS (diluted) – $8.87 $0.29
Cash & equivalents $95.69M $403.60M $42.98M
Total debt – $1.10B $418.74M
Shares (diluted) 253.86M 62.75M 51.10M
Enterprise value $45.87B $6.95B $323.26M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWCNOSKBBCP
P/E 37.2x 15.1x 33.3x
P/FCF 31.8x 7.4x 23.2x
P/Operating cash flow 18.1x 6.4x 5.9x
P/S 4.6x 0.8x 1.1x
P/B 5.8x 1.8x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 7.8x 2.2x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA – 8.7x 7.1x
EV/EBIT – 11.3x 15.2x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 0.8x 2.0x
EV/FCF – 8.0x 41.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.1x 6.9x 10.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.18 -1.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWCNOSKBBCP
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.3% 2.2% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 5.8% -0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -10.2% 10.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.4% -1.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 61.8% -16.7% 29.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 10.0% 8.2% -2.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 82.2% -14.5% 57.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 11.1% -18.9%
EPS growth (1Y) – -11.7% 63.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 12.8% -18.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.2% 60.6% 14.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 57.0% -2.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 99.4% -33.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 49.8% 78.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWCNOSKBBCP
Gross margin – 15.9% 39.0%
EBITDA margin – 9.8% 27.9%
Operating margin – 7.5% 13.1%
Pretax margin – 6.5% 5.6%
Net margin – 5.2% 3.4%
FCF margin – 10.6% 4.8%
Operating cash flow margin 25.4% 12.3% 18.9%
Return on equity 14.3% 12.4% 6.2%
Return on assets 5.3% 5.6% 1.8%
Return on invested capital – 11.4% 5.6%
Return on capital employed – 11.5% 6.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.1x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 2.3x 5.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.4% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWCNOSKBBCP
Debt / assets – 11.0% 46.1%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x 3.1x
Debt / FCF – 1.0x 19.8x
Liabilities / assets 63.3% 55.0% 70.5%
Equity / assets 36.7% 45.0% 29.5%
Interest coverage – 6.6x 1.7x
Current ratio 0.7x 1.7x 1.7x
Quick ratio – 0.7x 1.4x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – 3.18 1.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWCNOSKBBCP
Dividend yield 0.8% 1.7% 1.3%
Net buyback yield – 4.2% 2.4%
Shareholder yield 0.8% 5.8% 3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWCNOSKBBCP
Forward P/E 33.7xFY2026 13.4xFY2026 51.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.40FY2026 $10.00FY2026 $0.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026 +111.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.7% +46.4% +63.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.30BFY2026 $10.70BFY2026 $411.25MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.0%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after 0.0% +5.3% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWCNOSKBBCP
Held by institutions 85.2% 100.0% 33.9%
Institutions holding 829 598 127
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% +5.1% +5.2%
Institutions buying 410 309 76
Institutions selling 303 188 31
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.64 2.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WCNOSKBBCP
WCN 1.00 0.09 0.00
OSK 0.09 1.00 0.28
BBCP 0.00 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WCN, OSK and BBCP?

Waste Connections (WCN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Waste Connections (WCN) $45.87B, Oshkosh (OSK) $8.30B, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) $490.33M.

Which stock is cheaper, WCN, OSK and BBCP?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Waste Connections (WCN) 37.2x, Oshkosh (OSK) 15.1x, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) 33.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (Waste Connections (WCN) 33.7x, Oshkosh (OSK) 13.4x, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) 51.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Waste Connections (WCN) +6.3%, Oshkosh (OSK) +2.2%, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Oshkosh (OSK) has the highest net margin (Oshkosh (OSK) 5.2%, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (Oshkosh (OSK) 11.4%, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) 5.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) returned the most: Waste Connections (WCN) +4.1%, Oshkosh (OSK) -3.6%, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) +52.3%. Over five years, Waste Connections (WCN) compounded fastest (Waste Connections (WCN) +6.5%/yr, Oshkosh (OSK) +4.5%/yr, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) +2.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Oshkosh (OSK) has the highest dividend yield: Waste Connections (WCN) 0.77%, Oshkosh (OSK) 1.65%, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) 1.34%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Connections (WCN) has been the steadiest (Waste Connections (WCN) 25.8%, Oshkosh (OSK) 40.4%, Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) 47.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WCN, OSK and BBCP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Oshkosh (OSK) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.