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

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.43 in Q1 2026, up 4.25% year-on-year from 0.41 in Q1 2025, and up 3.53% quarter-over-quarter from 0.42 in Q4 2025.

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

Waste Connections has disclosed Debt Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.43 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.43, up 4.25% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.43 (up 4.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.42, up 2.37% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.43 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.43 in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.37 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.41 (2023), against an average of 0.4.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio rose 18.15% in 2022 and decreased 7.1% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Debt Ratio stood at 0.41 in 2022, then declined by 7.1% to 0.38 in 2023, then increased by 8.21% to 0.41 in 2024, then gained by 2.37% to 0.42 in 2025, then gained by 3.53% to 0.43 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.43 (Q1 2026), 0.42 (Q4 2025), and 0.42 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 0.45
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 0.43
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 0.37
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 0.35
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 0.50
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn 0.02
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.43
Dec 31, 2025 0.42
Sep 30, 2025 0.42
Jun 30, 2025 0.40
Mar 31, 2025 0.41
Dec 31, 2024 0.41
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 0.34
Sep 30, 2021 0.34
Jun 30, 2021 0.34