WCN PEER ANALYSIS

Waste Connections Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

WCNWaste Connections Inc

🇨🇦 Canada · TO · Industrials · Waste Management

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Waste Management

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

WCNIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	WCN	VIE	CLH	RSG	WM	CWST	Ind. Median
P/E	41.13	22.62●	39.02	30.96	33.35	867.39	40.07
P/B	5.36	3.92●	5.56	5.61	9.30	3.95	4.15
EV/EBITDA	17.68	7.50●	15.33	13.13	15.65	17.99	14.41
P/S	4.52	0.62●	2.55	4.02	3.67	3.30	2.24

Financial Health
Metric	WCN	VIE	CLH	RSG	WM	CWST	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.69	0.86	2.34●	0.67	0.93	1.38	1.38
Debt/Equity	117.1%	474.8%	109.6%	4.6%●	228.4%	78.9%	109.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.14	3.59	2.04	0.03●	3.07	2.73	3.07

Profitability
Metric	WCN	VIE	CLH	RSG	WM	CWST	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.0%	2.7%	6.5%	13.0%●	11.0%	0.4%	3.0%
ROE	13.1%	12.2%	14.8%	18.3%	29.9%●	0.5%	12.7%
ROA	5.1%	1.7%	5.3%	6.4%●	6.2%	0.2%	3.1%
EBITDA Margin	31.1%●	15.9%	19.2%	30.7%	29.1%	21.6%	19.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WCN	VIE	CLH	RSG	WM	CWST	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.5%	-0.7%	1.9%	3.2%	10.9%	14.9%●	3.2%
NI Growth	67.1%●	10.9%	1.1%	4.1%	4.4%	-44.4%	1.1%
Div. Yield	0.6%	4.1%●	—	1.2%	1.5%	—	1.3%
Payout	32.3%	13.4%	—	34.6%	49.5%	—	33.4%

Valuation
Metric	WCN	GFL	SES	Ind. Median
P/E	41.13●	110.76	43.64	40.07
P/B	5.36	2.82●	6.74	4.15
EV/EBITDA	17.68	13.89	13.25●	14.41
P/S	4.52	3.06	-6.20●	2.24

Financial Health
Metric	WCN	GFL	SES	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.69	1.51●	1.37	1.38
Debt/Equity	117.1%●	135.9%	151.4%	109.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.14	4.06	2.28●	3.07

Profitability
Metric	WCN	GFL	SES	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.0%●	3.1%	-14.2%	3.0%
ROE	13.1%	2.7%	13.7%●	12.7%
ROA	5.1%●	1.0%	4.6%	3.1%
EBITDA Margin	31.1%	31.1%●	-56.5%	19.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	WCN	GFL	SES	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.5%●	-6.2%	—	3.2%
NI Growth	67.1%●	—	-39.4%	1.1%
Div. Yield	0.6%	0.2%	1.8%●	1.3%
Payout	32.3%	14.7%	74.2%	33.4%

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