Waste Connections (WCN) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Share-based Compensation came in at $17.6 million in Q1 2026, down 24.96% year-on-year from $23.4 million in Q1 2025, and down 7.51% quarter-over-quarter from $19.0 million in Q4 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has disclosed Share-based Compensation across 12 years of filings, most recently posting $17.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $17.6 million, down 24.96% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $73.6 million (up 23.3% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $79.4 million, up 36.5% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation came in at $17.6 million for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from $19.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $23.4 million in Q1 2025 to a low of -$3.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $18.5 million (2025), against an average of $16.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Share-based Compensation sank 211.36% in 2022 and surged 1706.05% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Share-based Compensation stood at -$892000.0 in 2022, then soared by 1706.05% to $14.3 million in 2023, then sank by 121.12% to -$3.0 million in 2024, then soared by 728.42% to $19.0 million in 2025, then dropped by 7.51% to $17.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three Share-based Compensation figures came in at $17.6 million (Q1 2026), $19.0 million (Q4 2025), and $18.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn -
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 17.59 Mn
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 9.58 Mn
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 2.87 Mn
5 Enviri 1.71 Bn 1.63 Bn - -
6 Onterris 613.85 Mn 602.80 Mn - -
7 American Battery Technology 425.23 Mn 386.75 Mn 737,749.00 280,278.00
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 52.00 Mn
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn 216,000.00
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 17.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 17.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 19.02 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 19.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 18.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 18.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 18.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 18.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.44 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -3.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 20.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 20.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 18.86 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 18.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 21.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 21.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 14.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 14.33 Mn