Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) EPS (Basic) (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported EPS (Basic) over the past 12 years, most recently at $0.86 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EPS (Basic) fell 8.51% to $0.86 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $4.1 through Mar 2026, up 68.03% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $4.18 for FY2025, 74.9% up from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) was $0.86 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from $1.01 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EPS (Basic) peaked at $1.19 in Q3 2024 and troughed at -$0.76 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is $0.89 (2023), against an average of $0.8.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EPS (Basic): crashed 255.1% in 2024 and later soared 232.89% in 2025.
  • Tracing WCN's EPS (Basic) over 5 years: stood at $0.76 in 2022, then crashed by 35.53% to $0.49 in 2023, then crashed by 255.1% to -$0.76 in 2024, then soared by 232.89% to $1.01 in 2025, then fell by 14.85% to $0.86 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EPS (Basic) over the past three periods came in at $0.86, $1.01, and $1.11 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.