Waste Connections (WCN) Dividend Yield (2016 - 2026)
Waste Connections' Dividend Yield came in at 0.83% for Q2 2026, up 0.17 percentage points from 0.66% a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
Waste Connections (WCN) Dividend Yield (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Waste Connections' Dividend Yield was 0.74%, up 0.06 percentage points from FY2024.
- Dividend Yield carries a five-year change of 0.00 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Dividend Yield was 0.68% in FY2024 (-0.02 pp), 0.70% in FY2023 (-0.01 pp), 0.71% in FY2022 (+0.09 pp) and 0.62% in FY2021 (-0.12 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q1 2020.
- Year-over-year, Dividend Yield has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.05 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Dividend Yield over five years came in Q1 2026 (a gain of 0.21 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a drop of 0.12 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows WCN's Dividend Yield at 0.83% (Q1 2026), 0.74% (Q4 2025) and 0.72% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 82.59 Bn | 81.50 Bn | 2.73 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 65.21 Bn | 64.82 Bn | 1.87 Bn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 39.38 Bn | 39.00 Bn | 1.08 Bn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.54 Bn | 13.55 Bn | 608.78 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.37 Bn | 13.05 Bn | 385.80 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.11 Bn | 4.23 Bn | 178.80 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 512.61 Mn | 471.88 Mn | 82.26 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.69 Mn | 223.25 Mn | -2.50 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 204.72 Mn | 204.72 Mn | 707,000.00 |
| 10 | Comstock | 185.32 Mn | 188.64 Mn | -896,073.00 |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.83% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.83% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.74% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.72% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.66% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.62% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.68% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.63% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.63% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.69% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.71% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.68% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.73% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.63% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.62% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.65% |
Waste Connections Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "WCN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();