Waste Connections (WCN) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at -$141.8 million in Q1 2026, up 31.6% year-on-year from -$107.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 27.68% quarter-over-quarter from -$111.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has disclosed Retained Earnings across 17 years of filings, most recently posting -$141.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at -$141.8 million, up 31.6% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$141.8 million (up 31.6% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$111.0 million, down 102.49% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings came in at -$141.8 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from -$111.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $4.8 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of -$207.3 million in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$1.1 million (2023), against an average of $1.5 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings jumped 9119.62% in 2022 and sank 7916.19% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Retained Earnings stood at $3.6 billion in 2022, then grew by 13.49% to $4.1 billion in 2023, then grew by 7.61% to $4.5 billion in 2024, then slumped by 102.49% to -$111.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 27.68% to -$141.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at -$141.8 million (Q1 2026), -$111.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$139.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 6.30 Mn
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn -141.78 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn -213.25 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn -130.65 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 -313.51 Mn
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn -44.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -118.20 Mn
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -2.07 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -141.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -111.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -139.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 4.83 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -207.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 4.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 4.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -86.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -62.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 4.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 4.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -1.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -60.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 3.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -83.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 41.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 110.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 39.58 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 17.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 78.27 Mn