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Waste Connections (WCN) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 12 years, most recently at 0.36 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 43.95% to 0.36 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.3 through Mar 2026, up 12.53% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.27 for FY2025, 4.9% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.36 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 0.52 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.52 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.07 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.23 (2024), against an average of 0.25.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 76.14% in 2023 and later surged 588.23% in 2024.
  • Tracing WCN's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.29 in 2022, then tumbled by 76.14% to 0.07 in 2023, then surged by 588.23% to 0.47 in 2024, then grew by 10.71% to 0.52 in 2025, then plummeted by 31.55% to 0.36 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.36, 0.52, and 0.21 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.