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Waste Connections Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.31 (As of Sep. 2020)
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Waste Connections's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Sep. 2020 was 0.31.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Waste Connections Inc is 0.95, which seems too high.

NYSE:WCN' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07   Med: 0.26   Max: 0.38
Current: 0.95
0.07
0.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Waste Connections was 0.38. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.26.

NYSE:WCN's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked lower than
91% of the 69 Companies
in the Waste Management industry.

( Industry Median: 0.36 vs. NYSE:WCN: 0.95 )

As of today (2020-12-02), the Dividend Yield % of Waste Connections is 0.73%.

During the past 13 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Waste Connections was 1.22%. The lowest was 0.25%. And the median was 0.79%.

Waste Connections's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Sep. 2020 was $0.19.

During the past 12 months, Waste Connections's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 15.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 17.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Waste Connections was 76.90% per year. The lowest was 13.10% per year. And the median was 16.40% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Waste Connections Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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Waste Connections Annual Data
Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Dividend Payout Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.00 0.38 0.23 0.28 0.31

Waste Connections Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
Dividend Payout Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.27 0.37 0.34 0.00 0.31
Competitive Comparison
* 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.

Waste Connections Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Waste Connections's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.


Waste Connections Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Waste Connections's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2019 )/ EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2019 )
=0.665/ 2.14
=0.31

Waste Connections's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2020 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2020 )
=0.185/ 0.6
=0.31

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

Waste Connections  (NYSE:WCN) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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