Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) Stock

About Waste Connections, Inc.

Waste Connections, Inc. is led by CEO Ronald J. Mittelstaedt, employs 23,854 people, headquartered in Woodbridge, CA, publicly traded since 1998.

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) stock trades at $152.83 with a market capitalization of $38.52B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37.57, price-to-book of 5.01, price-to-sales of 4.00. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $146.89 and $179.74, and currently trades 15.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.90%.

On profitability, Waste Connections, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 13.18%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 8.68%, an operating margin of 17.59%, a net profit margin of 10.86%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Waste Connections, Inc. reported annual revenue of $9.5B, net profit of $1.1B, revenue has compounded at 11.8% a year over the last five years, profit at 39.4% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a current ratio of 0.62, total assets of $21.2B, $46.0M in cash and equivalents.

WCN has a beta of 0.47 (less volatile than the overall market).