Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2016 - 2026)
Waste Connections (WCN) posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.98% for Q2 2026, up 1.83 percentage points from 3.15% a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
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Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Assets [ROA] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Waste Connections' Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 5.26%, up 1.99 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +3.79 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Waste Connections' Return on Assets [ROA] was 3.27% in FY2024 (-1.08 pp), 4.35% in FY2023 (-0.90 pp), 5.25% in FY2022 (+0.94 pp) and 4.31% in FY2021 (+2.84 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has run from a low of 3.00% in Q3 2025 to a high of 5.14% in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.04 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] in the past five years was Q4 2021, with a gain of 2.80 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2025, with a drop of 1.77 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets [ROA] for the three prior quarters was 4.98% (Q1 2026), 5.14% (Q4 2025) and 3.00% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 80.76 Bn | 79.67 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 6.19% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 63.36 Bn | 62.98 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 6.26% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.00 Bn | 37.62 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 4.98% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.50 Bn | 13.51 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 5.71% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.00 Bn | 12.68 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -1.18% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 4.89 Bn | 4.01 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 0.17% |
| 7 | Onterris | 446.25 Mn | 405.52 Mn | 82.26 Mn | -1.17% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 326.81 Mn | 218.37 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -23.08% |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 201.83 Mn | 201.83 Mn | 707,000.00 | -52.82% |
| 10 | Comstock | 171.65 Mn | 174.97 Mn | -896,073.00 | -29.70% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.98% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.98% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.14% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.15% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.14% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.09% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.29% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.28% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.73% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 4.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.12% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.24% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.27% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.11% |
API Access
Waste Connections Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "WCN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();