Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported Debt Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.43 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 4.25% to 0.43 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.43 through Mar 2026, up 4.25% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.42 for FY2025, 2.37% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.43 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.43 in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.37 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.41 (2023), against an average of 0.4.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: grew 18.15% in 2022 and later fell 7.1% in 2023.
  • Tracing WCN's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.41 in 2022, then decreased by 7.1% to 0.38 in 2023, then increased by 8.21% to 0.41 in 2024, then grew by 2.37% to 0.42 in 2025, then grew by 3.53% to 0.43 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.43, 0.42, and 0.42 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.