Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including rail transport, and resource recovery through recycling and renewable-fuel generation. It also treats, recovers and disposes of non-hazardous oil and natural gas exploration and production waste, and… From the company’s description.
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Waste Connections, Inc. reported revenue of $9.94B, up 6.3% from a year earlier, and net income of $1.13B. Its operating margin was 17.7%, and operations generated $2.53B in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $9.47B, up 6.1% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $1.08B.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Waste Connections, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including rail transport, and resource recovery through recycling and renewable-fuel generation. It also treats, recovers and disposes of non-hazardous oil and natural gas exploration and production waste, and provides intermodal cargo and container transportation in the Pacific Northwest. Its customers include residential, commercial, municipal, industrial and oil and gas exploration and production customers. The company operates in 46 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces and manages its business through six geographic operating segments. Its services include landfill and transfer station operations, recycling, landfill-gas recovery, and oilfield waste treatment and disposal. As of December 31, 2025, Waste Connections owned or operated 77 municipal solid waste landfills, 20 oilfield waste landfills and caverns, and 17 landfills for construction, demolition, industrial and other non-putrescible waste. It employed approximately 24,214 people at year-end 2025.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry (SIC)
- Electric, Gas & Water
- Headquarters
- THE WOODLANDS, TX
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1318220
- SIC
- 4953
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Waste Connections, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Waste Connections, Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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