Waste Connections (WCN) EBITDA Margin (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly EBITDA Margin came in at 26.64% in Q1 2026, down 175.0% year-on-year from 35.52% in Q1 2025, and down 8.05% quarter-over-quarter from 28.98% in Q4 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) EBITDA Margin (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has disclosed EBITDA Margin across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 26.64% for Q1 2026.

  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 26.64%, down 175.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 28.51% (up 554.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 28.95%, up 606.0% from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin came in at 26.64% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 28.98% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBITDA Margin ranged from a high of 30.95% in Q3 2024 to a low of 2.76% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 27.66% (2022), against an average of 26.43%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBITDA Margin sank 1875 bps in 2024 and soared 2621 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' EBITDA Margin stood at 27.45% in 2022, then fell by 22 bps to 21.51% in 2023, then plunged by 87 bps to 2.76% in 2024, then soared by 949 bps to 28.98% in 2025, then fell by 8 bps to 26.64% in 2026.
  • The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 26.64% (Q1 2026), 28.98% (Q4 2025), and 28.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -4.96%
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 26.64%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 8.15%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 1.06%
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 -440.46%
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 17.87%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -67.26%
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 26.64%
Dec 31, 2025 28.98%
Sep 30, 2025 28.62%
Jun 30, 2025 29.79%
Mar 31, 2025 28.39%
Dec 31, 2024 2.76%
Sep 30, 2024 30.95%
Jun 30, 2024 29.62%
Mar 31, 2024 28.44%
Dec 31, 2023 21.51%
Sep 30, 2023 27.51%
Jun 30, 2023 27.58%
Mar 31, 2023 27.30%
Dec 31, 2022 27.45%
Sep 30, 2022 27.66%
Jun 30, 2022 28.55%
Mar 31, 2022 27.57%
Dec 31, 2021 26.13%
Sep 30, 2021 28.62%
Jun 30, 2021 28.42%