Waste Connections Inc. (WCN): Price and Financial Metrics

WCN POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where WCN ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 86.13% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WCN is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• WCN's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 14.79% of US stocks).

WCN Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $33,626,504,238, WASTE CONNECTIONS INC has a greater market value than 92.98% of US stocks.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 41.64, WASTE CONNECTIONS INC P/E ratio is greater than that of about 84.37% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• The volatility of WASTE CONNECTIONS INC's share price is greater than that of just 7.88% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to WCN, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are RSG, ICLR, FWONA, WBD, and CBOE.
• Visit WCN's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.wasteconnections.com.

WCN Valuation Summary

• WCN's price/sales ratio is 4.8; this is 269.23% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, WCN's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.8.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WCN.

WCN Growth Metrics

Its year over year price growth rate is now at 10.6%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 42.6%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 378.34%.

WCN's revenue has moved up $1,578,198,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows WCN's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	6,966.877	1,928.405	807.621
2022-06-30	6,684.177	1,823.429	685.09
2022-03-31	6,401.673	1,738.73	638.063
2021-12-31	6,151.361	1,698.229	618.047
2021-09-30	5,925.292	1,492.909	582.402
2021-06-30	5,717.676	1,503.814	626.07

WCN's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WCN has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 77.22% of graded US stocks.
• WCN's asset turnover comes in at 0.42 -- ranking 13th of 14 Almost Nothing stocks.
• CLH, CVA, and AES are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WCN.

The table below shows WCN's key quality metrics over time.