WCNWaste Connections
+0.5% today · +15.3% over a year
6/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 51% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 41.9). Dividend yield 0.76%.
Waste Connections (WCN) dividends: trailing yield 0.76%, Dividend Safety 72/100, not lowered for 8 years, 5-year growth 11.2% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
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Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +11.2%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 8
- Years without a cut of over 10 %
- 8
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 32%
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 28%
Annual total matches the company's SEC filing
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Nov 2026 | 19 Nov 2026 | $0.385 | Regular | Verified | 2 |
| 06 Aug 2026 | 20 Aug 2026 | $0.35 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 06 May 2026 | 21 May 2026 | $0.35 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | 12 Mar 2026 | $0.35 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
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