Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported Interest Coverage Ratio over the past 12 years, most recently at 4.15 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 13.98% to 4.15 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.93 through Mar 2026, up 48.83% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.11 for FY2025, 56.47% up from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 4.15 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 4.87 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 7.31 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 2.42 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 5.09 (2023), against an average of 4.76.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Interest Coverage Ratio: plummeted 175.06% in 2024 and later soared 301.36% in 2025.
  • Tracing WCN's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 4.82 in 2022, then plummeted by 33.15% to 3.22 in 2023, then crashed by 175.06% to 2.42 in 2024, then soared by 301.36% to 4.87 in 2025, then fell by 14.71% to 4.15 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods came in at 4.15, 4.87, and 5.21 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.