Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Waste Connections' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 3 years, with the latest figure at 0.27 for Q4 2017.

  • For Q4 2017, FCF Payout Ratio rose 271.5% year-over-year to 0.27; the TTM value through Dec 2017 reached 0.19, up 55.19%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.14, 44.25% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2017 was 0.27 at Waste Connections, up from 0.14 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.45 in Q2 2016 and bottomed at 0.07 in Q4 2016.
  • The 3-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.19 (2016), against an average of 0.22.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 82.4% in 2016 before it surged 271.5% in 2017.
  • A 3-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.41 in 2015, then crashed by 82.4% to 0.07 in 2016, then soared by 271.5% to 0.27 in 2017.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WCN's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.27 (Q4 2017), 0.14 (Q3 2017), and 0.21 (Q2 2017).