Growth Metrics

Waste Connections (WCN) Times Interest Earned (2016 - 2026)

Waste Connections has reported Times Interest Earned over the past 12 years, most recently at $4.15 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned fell 13.98% to $4.15 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $4.93 through Mar 2026, up 48.83% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $5.11 for FY2025, 56.47% up from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned was $4.15 for Q1 2026 at Waste Connections, down from $4.87 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Times Interest Earned peaked at $7.31 in Q2 2022 and troughed at -$2.42 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Times Interest Earned is $5.09 (2023), against an average of $4.76.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Times Interest Earned: plummeted 175.06% in 2024 and later soared 301.36% in 2025.
  • Tracing WCN's Times Interest Earned over 5 years: stood at $4.82 in 2022, then plummeted by 33.15% to $3.22 in 2023, then crashed by 175.06% to -$2.42 in 2024, then soared by 301.36% to $4.87 in 2025, then fell by 14.71% to $4.15 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned over the past three periods came in at $4.15, $4.87, and $5.21 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.