Waste Connections (WCN) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)
Waste Connections has reported Operating Expenses over the past 12 years, most recently at $518.6 million for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 5.31% to $518.6 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $2.0 billion through Mar 2026, up 5.76% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.0 billion for FY2025, 7.14% up from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses was $518.6 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, up from $496.8 million in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $518.6 million in Q1 2026 and troughed at $343.4 million in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $443.4 million (2024), against an average of $439.5 million.
- Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: grew 20.25% in 2023 and later rose 5.05% in 2025.
- Tracing WCN's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $378.9 million in 2022, then rose by 7.17% to $406.0 million in 2023, then increased by 16.48% to $472.9 million in 2024, then rose by 5.05% to $496.8 million in 2025, then rose by 4.39% to $518.6 million in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods came in at $518.6 million, $496.8 million, and $500.5 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.