Waste Connections (WCN) Q1 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Waste management company Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Waste Connections met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.37 billion, up 5% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but full-year revenue guidance meeting analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Waste Connections’s revenue to grow 5.5% year on year, slowing from the 7.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Waste Connections has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.

With Waste Connections being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for environmental and facilities services stocks. However, there has been positive investor sentiment in the segment, with share prices up 11.6% on average over the last month. Waste Connections is down 1.3% during the same time .

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