Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Connections, Inc. operates the third-largest solid waste services company in North America, providing non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services across 46 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces, along with resource recovery through recycling and renewable fuels, E&P waste treatment and disposal, and intermodal services.
Waste Connections, Inc is a Industrials company operating in Waste Management with a $38.98B market cap.
Most recent earnings call: Q1 FY26 on Apr 23, 2026.
21 earnings calls indexed on Spoken Alpha.
Behavioral analysis
Disclosures
Extracted from SEC 10-K filing, 2026-06-21.
Transcripts
Most recent calls indexed for this ticker. Open any call to drill into prepared remarks and Q&A.
History
Reported quarters with consensus, surprise, and 1-day reaction context.
Spoken Alpha tracks WCN's historical accountability: how often management beat consensus, how the stock reacted, and how guidance evolved across the cycle. The figures below are illustrative placeholder data generated for layout — they will be replaced with real deviation metrics, True Consensus values, and EODHD price reactions as those data layers land.
Beats consensus 10/10 quarters but stock falls 70% of the time
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API
The same data on this page is available as a machine-readable feed via the Spoken Alpha API. One call returns the IR URL, recent transcripts, and accountability scores for WCN.
$ curl https://api.spokenalpha.com/v1/companies/WCNFAQ
Spoken Alpha indexes WCN's earnings call transcripts at https://spokenalpha.com/companies/WCN. Each call links to attributed speakers and parsed analyst Q&A. Waste Connections, Inc.'s own investor relations page is at https://investors.wasteconnections.com/overview/default.aspx.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) held its most recent earnings call on 2026-04-23, covering fiscal Q1 2026.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) operates in the Industrials sector (Waste Management industry).
When a company consistently beats but the stock doesn't react, consensus is usually set too low or the buy-side number is materially above sell-side. Watch for guidance walk-downs ahead of the print.
Raised guidance 8 quarters in a row
SampleConsecutive raises tighten the bar quarter over quarter. Watch the most recent print for the magnitude of the beat — a smaller beat against a higher bar is the early signal that the regime is breaking.
| Quarter | Actual EPS | Consensus | Surprise | 1D | 5D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $2.48 | $2.11 | +17.6% | -1.8% | +0.6% |
| Q4 FY2026 | $2.60 | $2.12 | +22.7% | +0.1% | +3.0% |
| Q3 FY2026 | $2.60 | $2.12 | +22.6% | +1.5% | +0.7% |
| Q2 FY2026 | $2.78 | $2.26 | +22.8% | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| Q1 FY2025 | $2.65 | $2.17 | +22.1% | -4.4% | -4.6% |
CFO since 2026 • 1/2 beats (50%) • last guidance cut Q1 FY2026
| Q4 FY2025 | $2.58 | $2.15 | +20.1% | +2.3% | +0.3% |
| Q3 FY2025 | $2.77 | $2.39 | +15.9% | -0.9% | -1.3% |
| Q2 FY2025 | $2.90 | $2.27 | +27.7% | -6.1% | -7.2% |
| Q1 FY2024 | $2.92 | $2.26 | +29.0% | -6.7% | -4.7% |
| Q4 FY2024 | $2.85 | $2.26 | +26.2% | -8.7% | -11.1% |