Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Waste Connections (WCN) over the last 12 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.17%.

  • Waste Connections' Return on Invested Capital rose 800.0% to 0.17% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.17%, marking a year-over-year increase of 800.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.21% for FY2025, which is 700.0% up from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Waste Connections reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.17% as of Q4 2025, which was up 800.0% from 0.09% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Waste Connections' Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.17% during Q4 2025, and registered a low of 0.07% during Q1 2023.
  • Its 3-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.11%, with a median of 0.09% in 2023.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Waste Connections' Return on Invested Capital crashed by -500bps in 2024, and later soared by 800bps in 2025.
  • Waste Connections' Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.14% in 2023, then plummeted by -37bps to 0.09% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 90bps to 0.17% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.17% in Q4 2025, compared to 0.09% in Q3 2025 and 0.09% in Q2 2025.