All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-03-29.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2017-03-29) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+12.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.4 billion in fiscal 2016 to $9.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 12.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count steady. 21% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 22 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Waste Connections, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 21% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 22 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03, buying about $8 million (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Waste Connections, Inc. earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 29% of 10 in its family; net margin 11.4%.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $9.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 28% by size; a net margin of 11.4% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 9.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 44% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mittelstaedt, Ronald J (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-05-12, 3.5 years (bottom 42% of its family); the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (top 42%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (top 31%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 36% of 10 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $46 million against debt of $8.8 billion leaves -41.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 13% of revenue (top 15%); a gross margin of 42.4% (top 17%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 48% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.5% a year over the last three filed years against 12.1% over all 10, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 6.1% (top 50%); capital spending grew 8.9% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Waste Connections, Inc. reported 6 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Southern at $1.9 billion (20%), Western at $1.8 billion (20%), Eastern at $1.7 billion (18%), and 3 more; 6 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 35% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Waste Connections, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $9.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.6% below the $9.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 44% of its family); net income of $1.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $739 million (top 31%); a net margin of 11.4% against 9.3% before (top 19%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made