Waste Connections, Inc. WCN.TO
Set alert
As of Nov 2, 4:00 PM ET
- YTD
- +9.39%
- 1 year
- +11.95%
- Open
- 256.43
- Prev close
- 256.84
- Mkt cap
- 65.90B
- Vol
- 321.72K
- Avg vol
- 379.15K
- EPS
- 6.19
- P/E
- 42.54
- Div yield
- 0.00%
More statistics
- Low
- 255.51
- High
- 263.33
- Forward P/E
- 30.39
- Beta
- 0.42
- Short ratio
- 3.41
- Inst. own
- 92.18%
- Dividend
- 2.15
- Ex-div date
- Nov 4, 2026
- 50-d avg
- 229.35
- 200-d avg
- 226.95
- 1y target
- 279.52
2Y chart
Events in this range
- Oct 23, 2026Rating: RBC Capital · Outperform → Outperform
- Oct 23, 2026Rating: Oppenheimer · Outperform → Outperform
- Oct 23, 2026Rating: Morgan Stanley · Overweight → Overweight
- Oct 23, 2026Rating: Citigroup · Neutral → Neutral
- Oct 23, 2026Rating: CIBC · Outperformer → Outperformer
- Oct 27, 2026Rating: UBS · Buy → Buy
Signals (102)
| Name | Date | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| RSI: Overbought | Nov 2, 2026 | 21 hours ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 22, 2026 | 1 week ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Oct 16, 2026 | 2 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 15, 2026 | 2 weeks ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 15, 2026 | 2 weeks ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Sep 25, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Sep 4, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Sep 3, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 31, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 25, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Aug 25, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 24, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Aug 24, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 20, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 19, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 18, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 17, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 12, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 15, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Jul 7, 2026 | 3 months ago |
Newest 20 of 102.
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 65.90B
- Enterprise value
- 73.93B
- Trailing P/E
- 42.54
- Forward P/E
- 30.39
- PEG ratio
- 2.41
- Price / sales
- 6.63
- Price / book
- 5.95
- EPS (TTM)
- 6.19
- Beta
- 0.42
- Dividend yield
- 0.84%
- Payout ratio
- 31.39%
- Profit margin
- 11.40%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 9.94B
- Revenue growth
- 7.30%
- Free cash flow
- 1.08B
- Total cash
- 98.14M
- Total debt
- 9.77B
- Return on equity
- 14.19%
- Shares outstanding
- 250.25M
- Short % of float
- 0.69%
- 50-day average
- 229.35
- 200-day average
- 226.95
Analyst view
Consensus: strong buy
- Target (low)
- 237.28
- Target (mean)
- 279.52
- Target (high)
- 305.13
- Strong buy6
- Buy18
- Hold3
- Sell0
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Consensus EPS estimate 1.39.
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | UBS | main | Buy | Buy |
| Oct 23, 2026 | CIBC | main | Outperformer | Outperformer |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Citigroup | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Oppenheimer | main | Outperform | Outperform |
| Oct 23, 2026 | RBC Capital | main | Outperform | Outperform |
About Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive, compact, and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; develops, owns, and operates projects or the beneficial reuse of landfill gas through landfill network; and intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste created through the initial drilling and completion of an oil or natural gas well, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Waste Management
- Country
- Canada
- Website
- wasteconnections.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK MATTHEW STEPHEN | Officer | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security | Feb 17, 2026 | 43,756 |
| CHAMBLISS DARRELL W | Officer | Stock Gift | Jun 5, 2025 | 92,000 |
| CRAFT JASON JON | Chief Operating Officer | Sale | Jun 4, 2026 | 32,861 |
| GUILLET EDWARD E | Director | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security | Feb 12, 2026 | 15,171 |
| HANSEN ERIC O | Chief Technology Officer | Sale | Apr 29, 2026 | 13,350 |
| LITTLE JAMES MICHAEL | Officer | Sale | Oct 26, 2026 | 46,436 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.31% | 15,797,275 | 4.16B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 5.26% | 13,188,665 | 3.47B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4.48% | 11,232,978 | 2.96B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Bank of Montreal /CAN/ | 3.46% | 8,665,651 | 2.28B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 2.98% | 7,456,684 | 1.96B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 2.54% | 6,370,788 | 1.68B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.23% | 8,103,010 | 2.13B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund | 2.21% | 5,530,296 | 1.46B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund | 1.48% | 3,708,121 | 976.46M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Growth Index Fund | 1.23% | 3,083,469 | 811.97M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDS-Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund | 0.98% | 2,459,852 | 647.75M | Jun 29, 2026 |
| WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND | 0.90% | 2,262,759 | 595.85M | Sep 29, 2026 |
