Full-Time
Posted on 10/3/2025
Integrated solid waste collection, disposal, recycling
$100k - $130k/yr
Vancouver, BC, Canada
In Person
Waste Connections provides waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services, alongside specialized non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment and intermodal cargo transport. The company operates by securing exclusive franchise rights or high market share in specific regions, using a network of trucks, transfer stations, and landfills to manage waste for over six million customers. Unlike competitors that focus on large cities, this company targets secondary and suburban markets with high growth potential to avoid intense urban competition. Its goal is to maintain a leading position in these markets by providing integrated waste management solutions under exclusive arrangements.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Texas
Founded
1997
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Waste Connections shares are trading at $162.44 after recent price pressure, showing negative returns over the month, past three months and year-to-date, despite posting a 51.77% five-year total shareholder return. The most followed valuation narrative suggests the stock is 18.3% undervalued, with a fair value estimate of $198.92. This view is supported by robust acquisition activity, with over $125 million in annualised revenues already closed, and a strong balance sheet position for future growth. However, the company's price-to-earnings ratio of 38.6x sits above the US Commercial Services industry average of 22.1x and the fair ratio of 27.5x, suggesting potential valuation risk. Execution of ongoing acquisitions and exposure to recycled commodity pricing remain key factors affecting margins.
Waste Connections reported Q4 revenues of $2.37 billion, up 5% year on year and in line with analysts' expectations. The waste management company, which operates municipal solid waste landfills across the US and Canada, delivered mixed results with a narrow EBITDA beat but full-year revenue guidance merely meeting expectations. CEO Ronald Mittelstaedt highlighted adjusted EBITDA margin expansion of 110 basis points in Q4, driven by price-led organic growth and improved operating trends. For full-year 2025, the company achieved industry-leading adjusted EBITDA margin of 33%, up 100 basis points year on year excluding commodity impacts. The stock declined 7.5% following the earnings announcement and currently trades at $158.83. Across the waste management sector, the nine tracked companies reported mixed Q4 results, with average share prices down 9.1% since earnings.
Waste Connections has appointed Daniel L. Florness to its board of directors, effective 1 April 2026. Florness, 62, currently serves as chief executive officer of Fastenal Company, a position he has held since 2016. He previously served in various leadership roles at Fastenal, including chief financial officer from 1996 to 2002, and worked as a senior manager at KPMG from 1986 to 1996. Florness will step down from his role as Fastenal's CEO and resign from its board on 16 July 2026. Waste Connections' CEO Ronald Mittelstaedt praised Florness's experience in C-suite leadership, accounting, marketing and public finance. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company serving approximately nine million customers across 46 US states and six Canadian provinces.
Waste Connections has issued $600 million in 4.80% senior unsecured notes due July 2036, priced at 99.732% of par. The bond offering follows fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat expectations, with full-year revenue of $9.47 billion and net income of $1.08 billion. The company has guided for 2026 revenue of approximately $9.9 billion and adjusted EBITDA near $3.3 billion. The long-dated debt will support growth plans and acquisitions, though investors face risks from potential interest rate increases affecting borrowing costs. Simply Wall St community members value Waste Connections between $198.75 and $239.95 per share. Narrative projections suggest the company could reach $11.3 billion in revenue and $1.7 billion in earnings by 2028, requiring 7.1% annual revenue growth.
Following the previous announcement of the launch of a senior notes offering, Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) (“Waste Connections” or the “Company”) ...