Waste Connections, Inc. filings document the disclosure record for an Ontario corporation with common shares registered under WCN on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Texas and the Toronto Stock Exchange. The filings cover results of operations and financial condition, Regulation FD releases, proxy governance, shareholder voting matters, executive compensation, board composition and committee assignments.
Material-event reports also describe capital-structure activity, including senior unsecured notes issued under the company's indenture and related underwriting agreements. The proxy materials describe the company's integrated solid waste services business, resource recovery, oilfield waste services, intermodal operations, ESG initiatives and related governance practices.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $2,638.1 million, compared with $2,458.4 million a year earlier. Net income was $359.2 million, versus $286.3 million, while operating income was $541.7 million versus $439.6 million. Diluted earnings per common share were $1.43, compared with $1.11.
For the first nine months of 2026, revenue was $7,570.3 million and net cash provided by operating activities was $1,970.8 million, compared with $7,093.6 million and $1,857.2 million in 2025. Long-term debt and notes payable were $9,427.1 million at September 30, 2026, versus $8,811.1 million at December 31, 2025. On August 4, 2026, the company completed an underwritten public offering of CAD $300,000,000 of 4.20% senior notes due 2033 and CAD $400,000,000 of 4.55% senior notes due 2036. Nine-month cash uses included $944.4 million for common-share repurchases and $265.5 million in cash dividends; the company also acquired nine immaterial solid-waste businesses and two immaterial exploration-and-production waste businesses.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $2.638 billion, up from $2.458 billion a year earlier. Operating income was $541.7 million, versus $439.6 million, and net income was $359.2 million, versus $286.3 million; diluted earnings per share were $1.43, versus $1.11. Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $895.8 million versus $830.3 million, with a 34.0% margin versus 33.8%. Third-quarter cash dividends per common share were $0.350 versus $0.315.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, revenue was $7.570 billion, net income was $875.0 million and net cash provided by operating activities was $1.971 billion, compared with $7.094 billion, $818.1 million and $1.857 billion, respectively, in the prior-year period.
The updated 2026 outlook lists adjusted EBITDA of $3.345 billion and adjusted free cash flow of $1.400 billion to $1.450 billion. It assumes no change in the current economic environment or underlying economic trends and excludes any impact from additional acquisitions that may close during the year and expensing of transaction-related items.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) reported that officer Robert Nielsen III, Senior Vice President of Operations, sold 700 Common Shares on 2026-08-19 in a sale characterized as an open market or private transaction at $170.00 per share. Following this transaction, he directly holds 3,250 Common Shares.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) reported an insider share sale by senior vice president of Business Development Philip Rivard. On 2026-08-18, Rivard sold 2,500 Common Shares in a sale classified as a Sale in open market or private transaction at $166.57 per share, leaving him with 734 Common Shares held directly.
Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) insider Philip Rivard filed a notice of proposed sale of company stock under Rule 144. The filing covers the potential sale of 2,500 shares of common stock, with an aggregate market value of $416,425.00, through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on or after August 18, 2026 on the NYSE. These shares stem from restricted stock and performance share awards previously issued by Waste Connections in 2025 and 2026.
Waste Connections, Inc. executive Susan Netherton, Senior Vice President, People, Training & Development, reported a sale of 1,750 Common Shares on 2026-08-13 in an open market or private transaction at $166.00 per share. Following this transaction, she directly holds 12,980 Common Shares. The filing indicates the transaction was not made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
A holder associated with WCN filed to sell 1,750 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $290,500.00 as of 08/13/2026.
The shares relate to restricted stock that vested under a registered plan for services rendered, including 385 shares vesting on 02/18/2026 and 1,365 shares vesting on 02/17/2026. No additional securities were reported as sold during the past three months.
Waste Connections, Inc. obtained Toronto Stock Exchange approval to renew its normal course issuer bid for potential share repurchases. The renewed program would allow the company to buy back up to 12,578,462 common shares, representing 5% of its 251,569,244 issued and outstanding shares as of July 31, 2026.
Waste Connections may repurchase shares on the TSX, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Texas and alternative Canadian trading systems between August 12, 2026 and August 11, 2027, or earlier if the bid is completed or terminated. Daily repurchases on the TSX are limited to 95,113 shares, equal to 25% of the TSX average daily trading volume of 380,453 shares for the specified six-month period.
All repurchased shares will be cancelled. Management states that decisions to buy shares will depend on market conditions, share price and other factors, alongside potential acquisition opportunities, and views the program as consistent with its objective of returning capital to shareholders over time. Under the prior NCIB, the company was authorized to repurchase up to 12,855,691 shares and had bought 6,103,527 shares as of August 6, 2026.
Waste Connections, Inc. executive Derek M. Dague, Senior Vice President, Performance Optimization, reports direct ownership of equity awards and common shares. His holdings include time-based restricted share units covering 156, 372, 397 and 858 common shares that vest in four equal annual installments starting one year after grant, plus performance-based restricted share units targeting 529 and 858 common shares, with maximum vesting of up to 1,322 and 2,145 units, respectively, over their three-year performance periods. He also directly holds 1,773 common shares.
Waste Connections, Inc. completed an underwritten offering of C$300,000,000 4.200% Senior Notes due 2033 and C$400,000,000 4.550% Senior Notes due 2036, issued under its existing Indenture and registered under a Form S-3 shelf in the United States, with a concurrent Canadian private placement.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the company and are not guaranteed by subsidiaries. Interest is payable on March 4 and September 4 each year starting March 4, 2027, with long first coupons of C$2.45671233 per C$100 for the 2033 Notes and C$2.661438356 per C$100 for the 2036 Notes. The 2033 Notes mature on September 4, 2033 and the 2036 Notes on September 4, 2036, and both series are redeemable at make-whole premiums before defined par call dates and at par thereafter, include tax gross-up and tax redemption features, and give holders a 101% change-of-control put plus accrued interest.