Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 8.79% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 8.79%, up 280.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 8.79% (up 280.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 9.32%, up 304.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 8.79% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 9.08% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 9.08% in Q4 2025 to a low of 5.85% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.08% (2022), against an average of 7.65%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 443 bps in 2022 and plunged 246 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Waste Connections' Return on Capital Employed stood at 8.22% in 2022, then slipped by 7 bps to 7.66% in 2023, then fell by 23 bps to 5.91% in 2024, then soared by 54 bps to 9.08% in 2025, then dropped by 3 bps to 8.79% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 8.79% (Q1 2026), 9.08% (Q4 2025), and 5.85% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.