Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 12 years, most recently at 26.64% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 175.0% to 26.64% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 28.51% through Mar 2026, up 554.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 28.95% for FY2025, 606.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 26.64% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 28.98% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 30.95% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 2.76% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 27.66% (2022), against an average of 26.43%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: crashed -1875bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 2621bps in 2025.
  • Tracing WCN's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 27.45% in 2022, then fell by -22bps to 21.51% in 2023, then crashed by -87bps to 2.76% in 2024, then soared by 949bps to 28.98% in 2025, then fell by -8bps to 26.64% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods came in at 26.64%, 28.98%, and 28.62% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.