Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)
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Key Info
| Market Cap | 27.44B |
| Revenue (ttm) | 5.41B |
| Net Income (ttm) | 207.27M |
| Shares Out | 262.90M |
| EPS (ttm) | 0.78 |
| PE Ratio | 133.82 |
| Forward PE | 25.91 |
| Dividend | $0.82 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.79% |
Stock Quote
| Trading Day | November 27 |
| Last Price | $104.38 |
| Previous Close | $104.12 |
| Change ($) | 0.26 |
| Change (%) | 0.25% |
| Day's Open | 104.31 |
| Day's Range | 103.94 - 105.41 |
| Day's Volume | 385,677 |
| 52-Week Range | 70.87 - 111.04 |
More Stats
| Market Cap | 27.44B |
| Enterprise Value | 31.36B |
| Earnings Date (est) | n/a |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Nov 9, 2020 |
| Shares Outstanding | 262.90M |
| Float | 262.24M |
| EPS (basic) | 0.79 |
| EPS (diluted) | 0.78 |
| FCF / Share | 3.29 |
| Dividend | $0.82 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.79% |
| Earnings Yield | 0.75% |
| FCF Yield | 3.15% |
| Payout Ratio | 93.70% |
| Shares Short | 1.20M |
| Short Ratio | 1.61 |
| Short % of Float | 0.46% |
| Beta | 0.71 |
| PE Ratio | 133.82 |
| Forward PE | 25.91 |
| P/FCF Ratio | 31.73 |
| PS Ratio | 5.07 |
| PB Ratio | 4.11 |
| Revenue | 5.41B |
| Operating Income | 407.56M |
| Net Income | 207.27M |
| Free Cash Flow | 864.81M |
| Net Cash | -3.92B |
| Net Cash / Share | -14.92 |
| Gross Margin | 40.39% |
| Operating Margin | 7.53% |
| Profit Margin | 3.80% |
| FCF Margin | 15.99% |
| ROA | 4.11% |
| ROE | 3.07% |
| ROIC | 4.10% |
Analyst Forecasts
Analyst Consensus: Buy
Financial Performance
Financial Overview
| Year | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5,389 | 4,923 | 4,630 | 3,376 | 2,117 | 2,079 | 1,929 | 1,662 | 1,505 | 1,320 |
| Revenue Growth | 9.46% | 6.32% | 37.16% | 59.44% | 1.83% | 7.8% | 16.08% | 10.38% | 14.06% | - |
| Gross Profit | 2,190 | 2,057 | 1,926 | 1,418 | 940 | 941 | 864 | 705 | 648 | 570 |
| Operating Income | 843 | 832 | 629 | 452 | -62.54 | 450 | 395 | 318 | 318 | 275 |
| Net Income | 567 | 547 | 577 | 247 | -95.76 | 233 | 196 | 159 | 165 | 135 |
| Shares Outstanding | 264 | 264 | 264 | 230 | 185 | 186 | 185 | 182 | 169 | 173 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.14 | 2.07 | 2.18 | 1.07 | -0.52 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 0.77 |
| EPS Growth | 3.38% | -5.05% | 103.74% | - | - | 17.76% | 20.62% | -9.72% | 25.1% | - |
| Dividend Per Share | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.24 |
| Dividend Growth | 14.66% | 16% | 39.28% | 6.21% | -8.89% | -43.01% | 4.83% | 12.09% | 131.8% | - |
| Operating Cash Flow | 1,541 | 1,411 | 1,187 | 795 | 577 | 545 | 484 | 416 | 388 | 332 |
| Capital Expenditures | -663 | -541 | -451 | -340 | -236 | -232 | -199 | -151 | -137 | -128 |
| Free Cash Flow | 878 | 870 | 736 | 455 | 341 | 313 | 285 | 266 | 251 | 204 |
| Cash & Equivalents | 423 | 404 | 553 | 218 | 10.97 | 14.35 | 13.59 | 23.21 | 12.64 | 9.87 |
| Total Debt | 4,560 | 4,174 | 3,930 | 3,629 | 2,162 | 1,987 | 2,085 | 2,252 | 1,191 | 925 |
| Net Cash / Debt | -4,137 | -3,770 | -3,377 | -3,412 | -2,151 | -1,973 | -2,072 | -2,228 | -1,178 | -915 |
| Assets | 13,738 | 12,627 | 12,015 | 11,104 | 5,122 | 5,245 | 5,064 | 5,076 | 3,328 | 2,916 |
| Liabilities | 6,799 | 6,167 | 5,741 | 5,449 | 3,130 | 3,012 | 3,016 | 3,193 | 1,928 | 1,546 |
| Book Value | 6,934 | 6,455 | 6,269 | 5,648 | 1,985 | 2,228 | 2,043 | 1,878 | 1,395 | 1,366 |
Company Profile
Company Details
| Full Name | Waste Connections, Inc. |
| Country | Canada |
| Employees | 18,204 |
| CEO | Worthing F. Jackman |
Stock Information
| Ticker Symbol | WCN |
| Stock Exchange | New York Stock Exchange |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Unique Identifier | NYSE: WCN |
| IPO Date | May 20, 1998 |
Description
Waste Connections provides waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through six segments: Southern, Western, Eastern, Canada, Central, and Exploration and Production (E&P). It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and E&P customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers container and chassis sales and leasing services to its customers. As of December 31, 2019, it owned or operated a network of 300 solid waste collection operations; 124 transfer stations; 60 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 66 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. It also operated an additional 51 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Vaughan, Canada.