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Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)

NYSE: WCN · Refuse Systems · Woodbridge, ON · filing with the SEC since 2005
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Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedFeb 12, 2026Feb 13, 2025Feb 14, 2024Feb 16, 2023Feb 17, 2022Feb 18, 2021Feb 13, 2020Feb 14, 2019Feb 15, 2018Feb 27, 2017
Revenue9,466,9158,919,5918,021,9517,211,8596,151,3615,445,9905,388,6794,922,9414,630,4883,375,863
Cost of revenue5,455,3825,191,7064,744,5134,336,0123,654,0743,276,8083,198,7572,865,7042,704,7751,957,712
Selling, general and administrative959,544883,445799,119696,467612,337537,632546,278524,388509,638474,263
Operating income1,710,1741,067,6591,236,3121,242,1901,039,625412,428837,778832,244627,098452,298
Interest expense334,551326,804274,642202,331162,796162,375147,368132,104125,29792,709
Interest and investment income········589477
Other income (expense), net30,15410,47112,4813,1546,285-1,3925,704-170r1,536r53r
Income before income taxes1,417,916762,933983,5011,048,963770,742253,914705,891707,140508,510361,365
Income tax expense341,359146,363220,675212,962152,25349,922139,210159,986-68,910114,044
Net income including non-controlling interests1,076,557616,570762,826836,001618,489203,992566,681547,154577,420247,321
Net income to non-controlling interests0-1,00326339442-685-160283603781
Net income1,076,557617,573762,800835,662618,047204,677566,841546,871576,817246,540
Earnings per share, basic4.182.392.963.252.370.782.152.072.191.07r
Earnings per share, diluted4.172.392.953.242.360.782.142.072.181.07r
Weighted average shares, basic257,323,595257,965,871257,551,129257,383,578261,166,723263,189,699263,792,693263,650,155263,682,608230,325,012r
Weighted average shares, diluted257,976,741258,662,190258,149,244258,038,801261,728,470263,687,539264,526,561264,395,618264,302,411231,081,496r
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.Share counts and per-share figures are on the newest report's basis, after the 3-for-2 split of Jun 2018.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:Revenues
us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
us-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InterestIncomeOther
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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