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How Waste Connections, Inc. stacks up
WCN · against 115 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
69/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #73 of 116 · scores higher than 35% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score14 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including WCN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 69?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 69% of peers. Return on assets: 5.0% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 83% of peers. Operating margin: 17.0% vs peer median 7.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 111 reported | 7.6% | 14.1% | 20% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 117 reported | 17.0% | 14.6% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 114 reported | 5.0% | 6.0% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 109 reported | 13.0% | 17.7% | 30% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 117 reported | 42.5% | 36.0% | 72% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WCN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 81.6B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 3 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 72 | 44.2B AUD (≈$29.2B) | 70 | 46 | |
| 73 | 53.7B USD | 69 | 56 | |
| 73 | 92.9B USD | 69 | 41 | |
| 73 | 627.9B SEK (≈$62.8B) | 69 | 38 | |
| 73 | 47.0B USD | 69 | 51 | |
| 77 | 11.30T JPY (≈$76.8B) | 68 | 51 | |
| 78 | 354.4B SEK (≈$35.4B) | 67 | 58 | |
| 79 | 60.0B EUR (≈$66.0B) | 66 | 54 | |
| 80 | 60.7B GBP (≈$78.9B) | 65 | 48 |
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