Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)
Waste Connections has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 11 years, most recently at 0.15% for Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% to 0.15% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15% through Mar 2026, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.15% for FY2025, 6.0% up from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital was 0.15% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.16% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.09% in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.13% (2023), against an average of 0.12%.
- Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: rose 7bps in 2022 and later dropped -4bps in 2025.
- Tracing WCN's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.13% in 2022, then decreased by -3bps to 0.13% in 2023, then decreased by -28bps to 0.09% in 2024, then soared by 73bps to 0.16% in 2025, then decreased by -3bps to 0.15% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods came in at 0.15%, 0.16%, and 0.09% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.