Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported Tax Rate over the past 12 years, most recently at 22.65% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 19.0% to 22.65% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 24.06% through Mar 2026, down 333.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 24.07% for FY2025, 262.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 22.65% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 24.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 25.41% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 10.07% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 22.64% (2024), against an average of 21.53%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: tumbled -1147bps in 2024 and later surged 1413bps in 2025.
  • Tracing WCN's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 22.7% in 2022, then fell by -5bps to 21.54% in 2023, then tumbled by -53bps to 10.07% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 140bps to 24.2% in 2025, then fell by -6bps to 22.65% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods came in at 22.65%, 24.2%, and 23.62% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.