Waste Connections (WCN) Free Cash Flow (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 12 years of filings, most recently posting $249.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $249.0 million, down 24.33% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (down 2.28% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.2 billion, up 5.28% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow came in at $249.0 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, up from $172.6 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.1 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of $172.2 million in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $313.7 million (2022), against an average of $341.3 million.
• Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow surged 373.63% in 2023 and tumbled 84.05% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Waste Connections' Free Cash Flow stood at $228.0 million in 2022, then soared by 373.63% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then sank by 84.05% to $172.2 million in 2024, then advanced by 0.2% to $172.6 million in 2025, then jumped by 44.28% to $249.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $249.0 million (Q1 2026), $172.6 million (Q4 2025), and $380.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.