Waste Connections (WCN) Times Interest Earned (2015 - 2026)
Waste Connections' (WCN) Times Interest Earned came in at 4.80 for Q2 2026, down 13.6% from 5.55 a year earlier but up 15.6% from the prior quarter.
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Waste Connections (WCN) Times Interest Earned (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Times Interest Earned at Waste Connections was 4.75, up 39.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 5.11, up 56.5% from FY2024.
- In prior years, Waste Connections' Times Interest Earned was 3.27 in FY2024 (-27.4%), 4.50 in FY2023 (-26.7%), 6.14 in FY2022 (-3.9%) and 6.39 in FY2021 (+151.4%).
- Quarterly Times Interest Earned has run from a low of -2.42 in Q4 2024 to a high of 7.31 in Q2 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Times Interest Earned increased in three of the last six quarters, with an average decline of 2.3%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned in the past five years was Q4 2021, with growth of 40.2%; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a decline of 33.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned for the three prior quarters was 4.15 (Q1 2026), 4.87 (Q4 2025) and 5.21 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.64 Bn | 80.55 Bn | 2.73 Bn | - |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.27 Bn | 63.89 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 5.97 |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.82 Bn | 38.45 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 4.80 |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.38 Bn | 13.39 Bn | 608.78 Mn | - |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.51 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -1.31 |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.03 Bn | 4.15 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 1.11 |
| 7 | Onterris | 470.12 Mn | 429.40 Mn | 82.26 Mn | - |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.90 Mn | 223.46 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -69.22 |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 182.23 Mn | 182.23 Mn | 707,000.00 | - |
| 10 | Comstock | 177.73 Mn | 181.05 Mn | -896,073.00 | -121.11 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.80 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.15 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.87 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.21 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.55 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.82 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -2.42 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.69 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.16 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.67 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.22 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.11 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.09 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.60 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.82 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.39 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.31 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.63 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.45 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.05 |
API Access
Waste Connections Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=WCN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();