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WCN Dividend

Waste Connections, Inc.

NYSEIndustrialsStockData as of
Dividend yield
0.84%
Annual dividend
$1.40
Payout ratio
0.33
Frequency
Quarterly
Share price
$166.85
Market cap
$42.1B

Is WCN a good dividend stock?

What the data shows. These are observations, not recommendations — see the disclaimer at the foot of the page.

  • Yield is below the market median0.84% against a median of 2.78%. A lower yield is common among companies that reinvest more of their earnings or whose shares have risen.
  • Dividend is comfortably coveredA payout ratio of 0.33 means roughly 33% of earnings go to the dividend, leaving room to keep paying through a weaker year.
  • Dividend has been cut 4 timesAcross 24 complete years, the annual total fell in 2010, 2013, 2017 and earlier. The most recent reduction was in 2017.
  • Raised for 8 consecutive yearsDerived from split-adjusted payment history and approximate; treat it as a relative signal rather than a certified record.

WCN dividend history

Annual dividend per share, 2002 to 2025.

2002200620102014201820222025
Peak $1.26 in 2025Year the total fellTypical payment × payments that year, split-adjusted, excluding special and one-off distributions. Robust to duplicate records in the source data. The current year is omitted while incomplete.

Recent dividend payments

The last 40 dividend payments for WCN, most recent first.
Ex-dividend datePay dateAmountType
$0.3500Quarterly
$0.3500Quarterly
$0.3500Quarterly
$0.3500Quarterly
$0.3150Quarterly
$0.3150Quarterly
$0.3150Quarterly
$0.3150Quarterly
$0.2850Quarterly
$0.2850Quarterly
$0.2850Quarterly
$0.2850Quarterly
$0.2550Quarterly
$0.2550Quarterly
$0.2550Quarterly
$0.2550Quarterly
$0.2300Quarterly
$0.2300Quarterly
$0.2300Quarterly
$0.2300Quarterly
$0.2050Quarterly
$0.2050Quarterly
$0.2050Quarterly
$0.2050Quarterly
$0.1850Quarterly
$0.1850Quarterly
$0.1850Quarterly
$0.1850Quarterly
$0.1600Quarterly
$0.1600Quarterly
$0.1600Quarterly
$0.1600Quarterly
$0.1400Quarterly
$0.1400Quarterly
$0.1400Quarterly
$0.1400Quarterly
$0.1200Quarterly
$0.1800Quarterly
$0.1800Quarterly
$0.1800Quarterly

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Frequently asked questions

Does WCN pay a dividend?
Yes. Waste Connections, Inc. pays a quarterly dividend, currently yielding 0.84% based on trailing twelve-month payments of $1.40 per share.
How much does WCN pay in dividends?
$1.40 per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure because they do not recur.
When is the next WCN ex-dividend date?
No upcoming ex-dividend date is currently on record for WCN. Dates appear here once the company declares them.