---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-016716"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCN"
cik: "0001318220"
company_name: "Waste Connections, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:57:35.500442+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waste Connections Q3 rev $2.07B (+9.8%); adj EBITDA margin 32.5%; warns of up to $20M Q4 headwinds from landfills

## Summary
- Revenue $2.065B (+9.8% YoY); net income $229.0M ($0.89 EPS); adj. net income $1.17/share.
- Adj. EBITDA $671.2M (+14.1% YoY); margin 32.5% (up 120 bps YoY, 140 bps sequentially).
- YTD net cash from ops $1.571B; adj. free cash flow $969.3M.
- Acquisitions: ~$250M in annualized revs signed/closed in 2023; ~2% rollover contribution in 2024.
- Q4 outlook: potential up to $20M impact to rev, adj. EBITDA, and adj. FCF from landfill issues in CA and TX.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-016716
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCN
- cik: 0001318220
- company_name: Waste Connections, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1318220/000155837023016716/0001558370-23-016716-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000155837023016716/wcn-20231025x8k.htm

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