secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)
CIK:        0001318220
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-046820
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waste Connections Q1 revenue $2.371B (+6.4% YoY); adj. EBITDA $769.5M (+8.0%) beat expectations
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- Adjusted EPS $1.23 vs $1.13 YoY; GAAP EPS $0.86 on net income $219.3M.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 32.5%, up 50 bps YoY, despite weather and higher fuel costs.
- Year-to-date share repurchases of ~1% of outstanding shares, or over $360M.
- Management cites strong pricing retention, special waste activity, and robust M&A pipeline.
- 2026 outlook has upside potential from commodity impacts, organic growth, and acquisitions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465926046820/0001104659-26-046820-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000110465926046820/wcn-20260422x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-046820

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