---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-001061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCN"
cik: "0001318220"
company_name: "Waste Connections, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T03:08:58.153704+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waste Connections Q4 adj EBITDA $656M (+16.4%), 2024 outlook adj EBITDA $2.86B margin 32.7%

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $2.036B (+8.9% YoY); adj net income $285.5M ($1.11/diluted share) vs. $229.8M ($0.89) prior year.
- Full year 2023 revenue $8.022B (+11.2%); adj EBITDA $2.523B (+13.6%) margin 31.5% (+70 bps).
- 2024 outlook: revenue ~$8.750B; adj EBITDA ~$2.86B (32.7% margin, +120 bps); adj FCF $1.200B.
- Acquired Secure Energy E&P waste assets (~$225M US revenue) closed Feb 1; 2024 acquisition revenue contribution ~$325M.
- Core pricing up 8.7%; employee turnover and safety at multi-year lows; capital spending $1.15B incl. $150M RNG.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-001061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCN
- cik: 0001318220
- company_name: Waste Connections, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-13T23:59:59+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/1318220/000155837024001061/0001558370-24-001061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000155837024001061/wcn-20240213x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-001061.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Waste Connections, Inc. reported the year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $8.022 billion, net income $762.8 million, EPS $2.95 per share on a diluted basis.
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $8.022 billion
  - Net income: $762.8 million
  - EPS: $2.95 per share on a diluted basis
  - Result: reported results
  source text: - Revenue of $8.022 billion, up 11.2% year over year - Net income of $762.8 million, and adjusted net income (b) of $1.081 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000155837024001061/0001558370-24-001061-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Waste Connections, Inc. reported 2024 results: revenue $8.750 billion. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: 2024
  - Revenue: $8.750 billion
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Revenue is estimated at approximately $8.750 billion;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000155837024001061/0001558370-24-001061-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Waste Connections, Inc. reported the fourth quarter of 2023 results: revenue $2.036 billion, net income $126.8 million, EPS $0.49 per share on a diluted basis.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $2.036 billion
  - Net income: $126.8 million
  - EPS: $0.49 per share on a diluted basis
  - Result: reported results
  source text: - Revenue of $2.036 billion, up 8.9% year over year - Net income (a) of $126.8 million, and adjusted EBITDA (b) of $656.0 million, up 16.4% year over year
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318220/000155837024001061/0001558370-24-001061-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.