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

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Net Cash Flow came in at $93.8 million in Q1 2026, up 81.32% year-on-year from $51.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 253.7% quarter-over-quarter from -$61.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) Net Cash Flow (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has disclosed Net Cash Flow across 12 years of filings, most recently posting $93.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • Net Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $93.8 million, up 81.32% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $72.8 million (up 126.22% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $30.8 million, up 109.48% from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow came in at $93.8 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, up from -$61.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Cash Flow ranged from a high of $243.1 million in Q1 2022 to a low of -$136.2 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Cash Flow is -$4.1 million (2023), against an average of $6.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Cash Flow tumbled 1048.33% in 2022 and soared 1202.22% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Net Cash Flow stood at -$128.2 million in 2022, then jumped by 86.43% to -$17.4 million in 2023, then sank by 129.1% to -$39.8 million in 2024, then plunged by 53.08% to -$61.0 million in 2025, then soared by 253.7% to $93.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Net Cash Flow figures came in at $93.8 million (Q1 2026), -$61.0 million (Q4 2025), and $24.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 1.23 Bn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 93.76 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -274.68 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -89.96 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 -10.24 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -51.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -4.98 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 93.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 93.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -61.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -61.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 24.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 24.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 15.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 15.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 51.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 51.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -39.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -39.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 45.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 45.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -24.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -24.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 34.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 34.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -17.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -17.39 Mn