Waste Connections (WCN) FCF Payout Ratio (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.36 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.36, up 43.95% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.3 (up 12.53% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.27, up 4.9% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.36 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 0.52 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.52 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.07 in Q4 2023.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.23 (2024), against an average of 0.25.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 76.14% in 2023 and jumped 588.23% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Waste Connections' FCF Payout Ratio 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 gained by 10.71% to 0.52 in 2025, then tumbled by 31.55% to 0.36 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.36 (Q1 2026), 0.52 (Q4 2025), and 0.21 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.