Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) Equity Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported Equity Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.38 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Equity Ratio fell 3.88% to 0.38 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.38 through Mar 2026, down 3.88% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.39 for FY2025, 1.61% down from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio was 0.38 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 0.39 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Equity Ratio peaked at 0.45 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.38 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.41 (2024), against an average of 0.41.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Equity Ratio: dropped 12.74% in 2022 and later increased 3.49% in 2023.
  • Tracing WCN's Equity Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.42 in 2022, then rose by 3.49% to 0.43 in 2023, then fell by 7.69% to 0.4 in 2024, then dropped by 1.61% to 0.39 in 2025, then decreased by 2.54% to 0.38 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Equity Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.38, 0.39, and 0.39 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.