---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-101248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCN"
cik: "0001318220"
company_name: "Waste Connections, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:58:11.708120+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waste Connections Q3 revenue $2.458B beats; adj. EPS $1.44; dividend raised 11.1%

## Summary
- Revenue $2.458B, up from $2.338B; net income $286.3M ($1.11/dil) vs $308M ($1.19) YoY.
- Adjusted net income $372M ($1.44) vs $350M ($1.35); adj. EBITDA $830.3M (33.8% margin) vs $787.4M.
- Dividend increased 11.1%; share repurchases of ~1% of shares outstanding completed.
- Acquisitions YTD ~$300M in annualized revenue closed or under definitive agreement.
- Full-year 2025 outlook unchanged; solid waste margin expanded ~80 bps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-101248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCN
- cik: 0001318220
- company_name: Waste Connections, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465925101248/0001104659-25-101248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465925101248/wcn-20251021x8k.htm

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