Waste Connections's dividends per share for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.29. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.08. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.32. As of today, Waste Connections's Dividend Yield % is 0.66%.
Warning Sign:
Waste Connections Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.
During the past 12 months, Waste Connections's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 12.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.80% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Waste Connections was 76.90% per year. The lowest was 11.40% per year. And the median was 14.70% per year.
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Waste Connections Dividends per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Waste Connections's Dividends per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Waste Connections's Dividends per Share
For the Waste Management subindustry, Waste Connections's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Waste Connections's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Waste Management Industry
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Waste Connections's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Waste Connections's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Waste Connections Dividends per Share Calculation
Dividends paid to per common share.
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) Dividends per Share Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
Waste Connections's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Waste Connections was 0.29. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.25.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Waste Connections Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.285
2024-02-27
2024-02-28
2024-03-13
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.285
2023-11-07
2023-11-08
2023-11-28
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.255
2023-08-15
2023-08-16
2023-08-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.255
2023-05-09
2023-05-10
2023-05-24
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Waste Connections's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $163.48.
Waste Connections's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.08.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Waste Connections was 1.11%. The lowest was 0.60%. And the median was 0.72%.
Warning Sign:
Waste Connections Inc stock dividend yield is close to 10-year low.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Waste Connections (Waste Connections) Business Description
Waste Connections is the third-largest integrated provider of traditional solid waste and recycling services in the North America, operating 100 active landfills (9 are exploration and production waste landfills and 16 are nonmunicipal waste landfills), 157 transfer stations, and 79 recycling operations. The firm serves residential, commercial, industrial, and energy end markets. Waste Connections entered the Canadian market with its 2016 merger with Progressive Waste. In 2022, 13% of consolidated revenue was generated from the firm's Canadian segment.
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