Waste Connections (WCN) Cash from Investing Activities (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$355.7 million in Q1 2026, up 41.03% year-on-year from -$252.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 39.64% quarter-over-quarter from -$589.3 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) Cash from Investing Activities (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities across 12 years of filings, most recently posting -$355.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 came in at -$355.7 million, up 41.03% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$1.8 billion (up 26.86% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$2.0 billion, up 35.96% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$355.7 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, up from -$589.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of -$286.9 million in Q2 2023 to a low of -$1.3 billion in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$489.9 million (2022), against an average of -$600.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash from Investing Activities tumbled 387.19% in 2022 and soared 67.81% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$1.2 billion in 2022, then jumped by 67.81% to -$395.5 million in 2023, then slipped by 29.81% to -$513.4 million in 2024, then fell by 14.8% to -$589.3 million in 2025, then soared by 39.64% to -$355.7 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$355.7 million (Q1 2026), -$589.3 million (Q4 2025), and -$413.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 257.60 Bn 257.72 Bn 218.62 Mn -
2 Waste Connections 40.67 Bn 40.56 Bn 1.01 Bn -355.70 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.27 Bn 14.60 Bn 445.42 Mn -222.72 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.80 Bn 5.66 Bn 148.40 Mn -144.18 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 611.86 Mn 600.82 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 405.46 Mn 366.97 Mn 737,749.00 -7.54 Mn
8 Waste Management 201.08 Mn 44.08 Mn 2.53 Bn -731.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 176.15 Mn 156.14 Mn -2.88 Mn -964,000.00
10 One & one Green Technologies 149.86 Mn 148.90 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -355.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -355.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -589.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -589.33 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -413.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -413.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -416.76 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -416.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -603.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -603.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -513.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -513.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -851.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -851.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -459.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -459.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -1.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -395.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -395.47 Mn