Waste Connections, Inc. financials

Key figures from Waste Connections, Inc.'s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: the latest quarter against a year earlier, and the trend across recent quarters and fiscal years.

Latest quarter vs a year earlier

MetricSep 2026Sep 2025Change
Revenue$2.6B$2.5B+7.3%
Net income$359M$286M+25.5%
Free cash flow$397M$380M+4.4%
Gross margin43.1%42.8%+0.3 pts
Operating margin20.5%17.9%+2.7 pts
Net margin13.6%11.6%+2.0 pts

Quarterly trend

Revenue by quarter
$2.0BDec 2023*$2.1BMar 2024$2.2BJun 2024$2.3BSep 2024$2.3BDec 2024*$2.2BMar 2025$2.4BJun 2025$2.5BSep 2025$2.4BDec 2025*$2.4BMar 2026$2.6BJun 2026$2.6BSep 2026
Net income by quarter
$127MDec 2023*$230MMar 2024$275MJun 2024$308MSep 2024-$196MDec 2024*$242MMar 2025$290MJun 2025$286MSep 2025$259MDec 2025*$219MMar 2026$296MJun 2026$359MSep 2026
Free cash flow by quarter
$237MDec 2023*$320MMar 2024$394MJun 2024$286MSep 2024$172MDec 2024*$329MMar 2025$353MJun 2025$380MSep 2025$173MDec 2025*$249MMar 2026$431MJun 2026$397MSep 2026
Margins by quarter
-17%17%51%Dec 2023*Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024*Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025*Mar 2026Jun 2026Sep 202641.3%41.1%42.1%42.5%41.4%42.0%42.1%42.8%42.5%42.6%42.3%43.1%11.0%17.7%18.9%20.3%-8.8%17.5%19.1%17.9%17.7%15.4%17.1%20.5%6.2%11.1%12.3%13.2%-8.7%10.8%12.1%11.6%10.9%9.3%11.6%13.6%

Fiscal years

Fiscal yearRevenueNet incomeNet marginFree cash flowEPS (diluted)
FY Dec 2025$9.5B$1.1B11.4%$1.2B$4.17
FY Dec 2024$8.9B$618M6.9%$1.2B$2.39
FY Dec 2023$8.0B$763M9.5%$1.2B$2.95
FY Dec 2022$7.2B$836M11.6%$1.1B$3.24
FY Dec 2021$6.2B$618M10.0%$954M$2.36

* Fiscal fourth quarter computed from the annual filing minus the three reported quarters. All figures from company filings with the SEC.

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