The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Waste Connections's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 0.82.
Waste Connections has a current ratio of 0.82. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Waste Connections has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.
The historical rank and industry rank for Waste Connections's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
WCN'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.6 Med: 0.89 Max: 2.69
Current: 0.82
During the past 13 years, Waste Connections's highest Current Ratio was 2.69. The lowest was 0.60. And the median was 0.89.
WCN's Current Ratio is ranked worse than 84.42% of 231
companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 1.45
vs WCN: 0.82
Waste Connections Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Waste Connections's Current Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Waste Connections Annual Data
Trend
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Current Ratio
1.23
1.12
1.37
0.84
0.74
Waste Connections Quarterly Data
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Current Ratio
1.12
0.94
0.89
0.74
0.82
Competitive Comparison
For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Connections's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Waste Connections Current Ratio Distribution
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Connections's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Waste Connections's Current Ratio falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Current Ratio's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.
Waste Connections Current Ratio Calculation
The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.
Waste Connections's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) Current Ratio Explanation
The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.
Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.
The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.
If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.
Waste Connections Current Ratio Related Terms
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Waste Connections is the third-largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste and recycling services in the North America, operating 97 active landfills (12 are exploration and production waste landfills and 14 are nonmunicipal waste landfills), 142 transfer stations, and 71 recycling operations. The firm serves residential, commercial, industrial, and energy end markets. Waste Connections entered the Canadian market with its 2016 merger with Progressive Waste. In 2021, 14% of consolidated revenue was generated from the firm's Canadian segment.
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