Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

: 1.36 (As of Today)

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Waste Connections's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 1.36.

The historical rank and industry rank for Waste Connections's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

WCN' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13 Med: 1.37 Max: 2.28
Current: 1.36

During the past 13 years, Waste Connections's highest Yield on Cost was 2.28. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 1.37.

WCN's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
67.72% of 127 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 2.13 vs WCN: 1.36

Competitive Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Connections's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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.

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Waste Connections 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Connections's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Waste Connections's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %'s extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Waste Connections 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Waste Connections is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

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Address

6220 Highway 7, Suite 600, Woodbridge, Vaughan, ON, CAN, L4H 4G3

Website

https://www.wasteconnections.com

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.

Executives

Andrea E. Bertone	director	C/O CORP. SECRETARY, PEABODY ENERGY CORP, 701 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63101
Robert Michael Cloninger	officer: SR VP, Deputy General Counsel	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Susan Netherton	officer: VP People, Training & Devlpmnt	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Jason Craft	officer: Sr Vice President-Operations	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE #110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Elise Lipman Jordan	director	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE #110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Eric Hansen	officer: Senior Vice President and CIO	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE #110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Mary Anne Whitney	officer: Sr Vice President - Finance	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE #110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Michael W Harlan	director	C/O WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC., 610 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT, SUITE 200, VAUGHAN A6 L4K 0C3
Patrick James Shea	officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Matthew Stephen Black	officer: Sr. Vice President - Tax	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE #110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Edward E Guillet	director	C/O WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC, 610 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT, SUITE 200, VAUGHAN A6 L4K 0C3
Worthing Jackman	officer: EVP & CFO	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Darrell W Chambliss	officer: EVP & COO	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
David M Hall	officer: Sr. Vice President	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
James Little	officer: Sr. Vice President Engineering	3 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, SUITE 110, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380