Waste Connections WCN
NYSE WCN
$168.34 -0.46 (-0.27%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Waste Connections (WCN) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Waste Connections (WCN) posted Debt Ratio of 0.44 for Q2 2026, up 1.05% sequentially from 0.43 in Q1 2026, and up 7.19% YoY from 0.41 in Q2 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has reported Debt Ratio for 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.44 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 7.19% year-over-year to 0.44 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.44 (up 7.19% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.42, up 0.63% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio advanced to 0.44 in Q2 2026 per WCN's latest filing, from 0.43 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.44 in Q2 2026 and troughed at 0.37 in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.4 and a median of 0.41 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Debt Ratio climbed 16.84% in 2022, then declined 6.16% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.41 in 2022, then dropped by 6.16% to 0.38 in 2023, then climbed by 9.66% to 0.42 in 2024, then rose by 0.63% to 0.42 in 2025, then increased by 3.96% to 0.44 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.44, 0.43, and 0.42 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Waste Management 90.39 Bn 89.83 Bn 2.73 Bn 0.50
2 Republic Services 67.62 Bn 67.51 Bn 1.87 Bn 0.40
3 Waste Connections 42.71 Bn 42.61 Bn 1.08 Bn 0.44
4 Clean Harbors 17.07 Bn 16.56 Bn 608.78 Mn 0.35
5 GFL Environmental 14.89 Bn 14.70 Bn 278.90 Mn 0.45
6 Casella Waste Systems 5.91 Bn 5.89 Bn 178.80 Mn 0.38
7 Sino Green Land 646.75 Mn 646.67 Mn -78,936.00 0.46
8 Onterris 529.21 Mn 515.52 Mn 82.26 Mn 0.36
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 334.90 Mn 300.95 Mn -2.50 Mn 0.03
10 American Battery Technology 307.22 Mn 267.94 Mn 737,749.00 0.07

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.44
Mar 31, 2026 0.43
Dec 31, 2025 0.42
Sep 30, 2025 0.42
Jun 30, 2025 0.41
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.42
Sep 30, 2024 0.41
Jun 30, 2024 0.40
Mar 31, 2024 0.41
Dec 31, 2023 0.38
Sep 30, 2023 0.39
Jun 30, 2023 0.39
Mar 31, 2023 0.41
Dec 31, 2022 0.41
Sep 30, 2022 0.39
Jun 30, 2022 0.37
Mar 31, 2022 0.38
Dec 31, 2021 0.35
Sep 30, 2021 0.34