Waste Connections (WCN) Net Margin (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Net Margin came in at 9.25% in Q1 2026, down 159.0% year-on-year from 15.68% in Q1 2025, and down 15.05% quarter-over-quarter from 10.89% in Q4 2025.

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

Waste Connections has disclosed Net Margin across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 9.25% for Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 9.25%, down 159.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.97% (up 467.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.37%, up 510.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin came in at 9.25% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 10.89% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 13.17% in Q3 2024 to a low of 11.21% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 10.96% (2022), against an average of 9.67%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin plunged 1743 bps in 2024 and soared 2210 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Net Margin stood at 10.39% in 2022, then plunged by 40 bps to 6.22% in 2023, then sank by 280 bps to 11.21% in 2024, then soared by 197 bps to 10.89% in 2025, then declined by 15 bps to 9.25% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 9.25% (Q1 2026), 10.89% (Q4 2025), and 11.64% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -13.33%
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 9.25%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 4.33%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -1.21%
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 -436.17%
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 11.61%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -1.01%
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.25%
Dec 31, 2025 10.89%
Sep 30, 2025 11.64%
Jun 30, 2025 12.06%
Mar 31, 2025 10.84%
Dec 31, 2024 -11.21%
Sep 30, 2024 13.17%
Jun 30, 2024 12.25%
Mar 31, 2024 11.05%
Dec 31, 2023 6.22%
Sep 30, 2023 11.10%
Jun 30, 2023 10.35%
Mar 31, 2023 10.41%
Dec 31, 2022 10.39%
Sep 30, 2022 12.61%
Jun 30, 2022 12.34%
Mar 31, 2022 10.96%
Dec 31, 2021 11.14%
Sep 30, 2021 7.18%
Jun 30, 2021 11.55%