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

Waste Connections has reported Return on Invested Capital for 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% in Q2 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.04% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.04% (up 2.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.1%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital advanced to 0.04% in Q2 2026 per WCN's latest filing, from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.04% in Q2 2026 and troughed at 0.02% in Q1 2025.
• A 5-year average of 0.03% and a median of 0.04% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital grew 3 bps in 2022, then decreased 1 bps in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.04% in 2022, then declined by 26 bps to 0.03% in 2023, then slumped by 35 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then soared by 85 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then increased by 20 bps to 0.04% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.04%, 0.04%, and 0.04% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.