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Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported Return on Sales over the past 12 years, most recently at 0.09% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 2.0% to 0.09% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.11% through Mar 2026, up 5.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.11% for FY2025, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.09% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.13% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 0.11% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.11% (2022), against an average of 0.1%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: dropped -17bps in 2024 and later grew 22bps in 2025.
  • Tracing WCN's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.1% in 2022, then plummeted by -40bps to 0.06% in 2023, then plummeted by -280bps to 0.11% in 2024, then soared by 197bps to 0.11% in 2025, then decreased by -15bps to 0.09% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.09%, 0.11%, and 0.12% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.