Waste Connections (WCN) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026)

Waste Connections' (WCN) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 22.65% in Q1 2026, down 19.0% year-on-year from 27.96% in Q1 2025, and down 6.4% quarter-over-quarter from 24.2% in Q4 2025.

Waste Connections (WCN) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waste Connections has disclosed Tax Rate across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 22.65% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 22.65%, down 19.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 24.06% (down 333.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 24.07%, down 262.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 22.65% for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from 24.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 25.41% in Q2 2025 to a low of 10.07% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 22.64% (2024), against an average of 21.53%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate plunged 1147 bps in 2024 and jumped 1413 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Waste Connections' Tax Rate stood at 22.7% in 2022, then slipped by 5 bps to 21.54% in 2023, then tumbled by 53 bps to 10.07% in 2024, then jumped by 140 bps to 24.2% in 2025, then slipped by 6 bps to 22.65% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 22.65% (Q1 2026), 24.2% (Q4 2025), and 23.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 GFL Environmental 252.38 Bn 252.50 Bn 218.62 Mn 19.47%
2 Waste Connections 40.24 Bn 40.13 Bn 1.01 Bn 22.65%
3 Clean Harbors 15.26 Bn 14.59 Bn 445.42 Mn 25.07%
4 Casella Waste Systems 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 148.40 Mn 37.23%
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 -
8 Waste Management 198.93 Mn 41.93 Mn 2.53 Bn 18.86%
9 Perma Fix Environmental Services 184.86 Mn 164.86 Mn -2.88 Mn -
10 One & one Green Technologies 144.62 Mn 143.66 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.65%
Mar 31, 2026 22.65%
Dec 31, 2025 24.20%
Dec 31, 2025 24.20%
Sep 30, 2025 23.62%
Sep 30, 2025 23.62%
Jun 30, 2025 25.41%
Jun 30, 2025 25.41%
Mar 31, 2025 22.83%
Mar 31, 2025 22.83%
Dec 31, 2024 10.07%
Dec 31, 2024 10.07%
Sep 30, 2024 23.00%
Sep 30, 2024 23.00%
Jun 30, 2024 22.64%
Jun 30, 2024 22.64%
Mar 31, 2024 20.59%
Mar 31, 2024 20.59%
Dec 31, 2023 21.54%
Dec 31, 2023 21.54%