Waste Connections, Inc.
—- Market cap
- —
- Debt
- +$8.89B
- Cash
- −$45.97M
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 · Mkt capMarket cap $2.49T · View financials
Decision snapshot: WCN stock price vs AMZN: inconclusive — current versus $134.24 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at AMZN's multiple
Implied fair value · at WCN's multiple
Needs WCN P/E.
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As of 2025-12-31
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: WCN FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · AMZN FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Eight fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 97% equity / 3% debt · EV / Revenue 3.40x · EV / EBITDA 17.03x
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
Waste Connections, Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$60.96
Base
$71.72
Bull
$82.48
AMAZON COM INC · implied price per share
Bear
$86.41
Base
$101.66
Bull
$116.91
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
1.08x
0.17x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.73x
-0.36x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$45.97M
$123.03B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$8.89B
$71.58B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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