Waste Connections dividend yield WCN
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 2002.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 0.75%
- 10-year median
- 0.7%
- Against its 10-year history
- 77th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 0.6% to 2.2%
- Peer median
- 1.3%
Waste Connections pays 0.75% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is above its ten-year median of 0.7%, higher than on 77% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 0.6% in Apr 2022 to 2.2% in Oct 2016.
The median for 3 waste management stocks of a similar size is 1.3%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | 0.2% | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | 0.3% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | 3.1% | 4.1% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | 3.5% | 4.4% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | 0.3% | 4.2% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 7.4% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | 4.7% | 6.2% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 5.2% |
Against its peers
Companies in Waste Management nearest Waste Connections' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| WCNWaste Connections | 0.75% |
| RSGRepublic Services | 1.06% |
| WMWaste Management | 1.53% |
| CLHClean Harbors | n/m |
| Peer median | 1.29% |
Where Waste Connections ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.