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Data last updated: Sep 07, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 07, 2026): Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) pays a $1.40 annual dividend ($0.35 quarterly), yielding 0.85% at $164.87/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-06. 7 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.85%
Annual Dividend: $1.40 per share
Payout Ratio: 32.7%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-06
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Industrials
Years of Dividend History: 25
Waste Connections, Inc. dividend reflects the economics of a business built on essential, non-hazardous waste collection, disposal, and recycling across the United States and Canada. WCN currently pays $1.40 per share annually, with dividends distributed quarterly and the next ex-dividend date set for August 6, 2026. The current yield stands at 0.84%. With a beta of 0.478, WCN stock moves at roughly half the volatility of the broader market, which suits income investors who prioritize price stability over yield size.
Waste Connections, Inc. pays out 32.7% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low retention of earnings as dividends reflects a business providing essential waste collection and disposal services to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers, sectors that generate ongoing, recurring demand. Waste Connections, Inc. dividend safety benefits from that conservative payout floor, though the historical record does show year-over-year per-share declines in certain years, which means the dividend is not structurally immune to adjustment.
Waste Connections, Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of -1.3% per year from 2008 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $1.6277 at the start of the window to $1.2950 by 2025 (2026 is a partial year and excluded from this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 14.7% in 2019, but the overall trend across the full period is negative, and the data block confirms at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +11.1% | $0.94 (2022) | $1.29 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +11.2% | $0.76 (2020) | $1.29 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +5.0% | $0.79 (2015) | $1.29 (2025) |
WCN stock fits dividend investors who value low volatility and a conservative payout structure over yield size. The yield is low (below 2%), currently at 0.84%, which sits above the 5-year average of 0.64%, so the current entry point offers slightly more income than the historical norm. The 7-year consecutive increase streak shows recent discipline, but the long-run CAGR of -1.3% across the full history window is a real trade-off. What an investor gets here is a low-payout, low-beta waste services business with a modest but recently growing dividend. What they give up is meaningful income yield.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | $0.3500 |
| 2026-05-06 | $0.3500 |
| 2026-02-25 | $0.3500 |
| 2025-11-05 | $0.3500 |
| 2025-08-06 | $0.3150 |
| 2025-05-07 | $0.3150 |
| 2025-02-27 | $0.3150 |
| 2024-11-07 | $0.3150 |
| 2024-08-07 | $0.2850 |
| 2024-05-07 | $0.2850 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.0500 |
| 2025 | $1.2950 |
| 2024 | $1.1700 |
| 2023 | $1.0500 |
| 2022 | $0.9450 |
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