Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) Stock Analysis
Last updated Sep 8, 2026
Health Check
Last analyzed Sep 7, 2026
- Financial Health 65
- Profitability 60
- Business Quality 60
- Balance Sheet 40
- Cash Flow 60
Why this rating?
Health 58/100 — Acceptable
A usable setup — not as clean as Strong Entry, but timing is not mixed or weak.
Company overview
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) is a Waste Management company in the Industrials sector. Compound Radar rates Waste Connections, Inc. 58/100 (Acceptable) due to solid business quality, steady revenue growth, and elevated leverage.
Investment profile
- Quality Moderate
- Growth Moderate
- Balance Sheet Stretched
- Valuation Fair
Financial highlights
Valuation
- P/E 39.41
- Forward P/E 26.28
- PEG 2.36
- EV/Revenue 5.23
Profitability
- Revenue Growth 6.4%
- Gross Margin 42.5%
- Operating Margin 19.7%
- Net Margin 10.9%
- ROE 13.0%
Financial strength
- Cash $100.52M
- Debt $9.64B
- Net Cash $-9.54B
- Free Cash Flow $1.22B
- Current Ratio 0.66
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Solid fundamentals with some trade-offs across our health dimensions.
Watch WatchWorth tracking, but timing is mixed — not a clear setup yet.
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Solid fundamentals with some trade-offs across our health dimensions.
Good Entry Good EntryA usable setup — not as clean as Strong Entry, but timing is not mixed or weak.
- GFL Environmental Inc. Waste Management GFL$42.87 36 Health 36 / 100
Weaker fundamentals relative to higher-quality names in the universe.
Wait WaitEntry timing is weak right now. Quality may be fine; the setup is not.
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