Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026)
Waste Connections' Return on Equity [ROE] was 13.27% in Q2 2026, up 5.41 percentage points from 7.87% a year earlier and up 0.34 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Equity [ROE] at Waste Connections came in at 13.37%, up 5.44 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +10.41 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Equity [ROE] was 7.93% in FY2024 (-2.37 pp), 10.30% in FY2023 (-1.55 pp), 11.85% in FY2022 (+2.93 pp) and 8.93% in FY2021 (+5.97 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to Q1 2016.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Equity [ROE] has increased for three straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.60 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] over five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 6.08 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2025 (a drop of 4.00 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, WCN's Return on Equity [ROE] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 12.93% (Q1 2026), 13.18% (Q4 2025) and 7.56% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.64 Bn | 80.55 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 28.61% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.27 Bn | 63.89 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 18.20% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.82 Bn | 38.45 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 13.27% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.38 Bn | 13.39 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 15.39% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.51 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -3.33% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.03 Bn | 4.15 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 0.36% |
| 7 | Onterris | 470.12 Mn | 429.40 Mn | 82.26 Mn | -2.57% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.90 Mn | 223.46 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -41.82% |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 182.23 Mn | 182.23 Mn | 707,000.00 | -58.35% |
| 10 | Comstock | 177.73 Mn | 181.05 Mn | -896,073.00 | -40.70% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.27% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.93% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.18% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.56% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.87% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.92% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.56% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.91% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.25% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.98% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.04% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.41% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.89% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.70% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.06% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.47% |
API Access
Waste Connections Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();