Waste Connections (WCN) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026)
Waste Connections (WCN) posted Tax Rate of 22.76% for Q2 2026, down 2.65 percentage points from 25.41% a year earlier but up 0.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Waste Connections (WCN) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Tax Rate at Waste Connections was 23.32%, up 1.79 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 24.07%, up 4.89 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +4.41 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Waste Connections' Tax Rate was 19.18% in FY2024 (-3.25 pp), 22.44% in FY2023 (+2.14 pp), 20.30% in FY2022 (+0.55 pp) and 19.75% in FY2021 (+0.09 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of 13.84% in Q3 2021 to a high of 30.41% in Q4 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.86 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was Q4 2024, with a gain of 8.87 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 6.21 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate for the three prior quarters was 22.65% (Q1 2026), 24.20% (Q4 2025) and 23.62% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.64 Bn | 80.55 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 23.24% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.27 Bn | 63.89 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 19.03% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.82 Bn | 38.45 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 22.76% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.38 Bn | 13.39 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 26.56% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.51 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 385.80 Mn | - |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.03 Bn | 4.15 Bn | 178.80 Mn | - |
| 7 | Onterris | 470.12 Mn | 429.40 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 20.21% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.90 Mn | 223.46 Mn | -2.50 Mn | - |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 182.23 Mn | 182.23 Mn | 707,000.00 | - |
| 10 | Comstock | 177.73 Mn | 181.05 Mn | -896,073.00 | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 22.76% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 24.20% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.41% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.83% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 23.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 22.64% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 20.59% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 21.54% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.55% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 24.68% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 21.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 22.70% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.05% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.64% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.31% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 21.53% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.84% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 21.28% |
API Access
Waste Connections Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();