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How Waste Connections, Inc. stacks up
WCN · against 472 other Industrials companies listed in US-listed
Valuation
34/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #303 of 473 · scores higher than 33% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score67 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including WCN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 34?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 66% of peers. Earnings yield: 2.3% vs peer median 3.8%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 5.2% vs peer median 6.9%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 2.6% vs peer median 3.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WCN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WCN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 468 reported | 2.2% | 3.0% | 38% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 472 reported | 5.5% | 6.3% | 42% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 430 reported | 2.5% | 3.3% | 39% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 466 reported | 16.8% | 32.3% | 27% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WCN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 462M USD | 100 | 86 | |
| 1 | 323M USD | 100 | 82 | |
| 1 | 1.5B USD | 100 | 78 | |
| 1 | 3.0B USD | 100 | 62 | |
| 1 | 3.5B USD | 100 | 57 | |
| 303 | 1.2B USD | 34 | 31 | |
| 303 | 547M USD | 34 | 23 | |
| 303 | 844M USD | 34 | 18 | |
| 303 | 49.3B USD | 34 | 51 | |
| 303 | 47.0B USD | 34 | 51 | |
| 316 | 57.0B USD | 33 | 58 | |
| 316 | 2.6B USD | 33 | 59 | |
| 316 | 12.4B USD | 33 | 36 | |
| 316 | 65.8B USD | 33 | 60 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score