Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Sales [ROS] (2015 - 2026)
Waste Connections' Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 17.08% for Q2 2026, down 2.01 percentage points from 19.09% a year earlier but up 1.72 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Waste Connections (WCN) Return on Sales [ROS] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Waste Connections reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 17.02%, up 4.83 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 18.06%, up 6.09 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Sales [ROS] carries a five-year change of +10.49 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 11.97% in FY2024 (-3.44 pp), 15.41% in FY2023 (-1.81 pp), 17.22% in FY2022 (+0.32 pp) and 16.90% in FY2021 (+9.33 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is -8.81% (Q4 2024) to 20.33% (Q3 2024).
- Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.42 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q4 2025 (a gain of 26.54 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2024 (a drop of 19.84 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows WCN's Return on Sales [ROS] at 15.36% (Q1 2026), 17.73% (Q4 2025) and 17.88% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.78 Bn | 80.69 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 18.75% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.17 Bn | 63.79 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 20.34% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.78 Bn | 38.40 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 17.08% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.83 Bn | 13.84 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 15.50% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.57 Bn | 13.25 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -11.00% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.19 Bn | 4.31 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 3.67% |
| 7 | Onterris | 445.90 Mn | 405.17 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 3.46% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 329.99 Mn | 221.55 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -50.50% |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 184.53 Mn | 184.53 Mn | 707,000.00 | -245.94% |
| 10 | Comstock | 172.41 Mn | 175.73 Mn | -896,073.00 | -9,872.81% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.08% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.36% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 17.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.88% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.51% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -8.81% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 20.33% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.89% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.70% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.03% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.03% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 16.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.69% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.38% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.14% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.35% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.85% |
API Access
Waste Connections Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();