Waste Connections, Inc. WCN

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191.81 USD +5.15 (+2.76%)

At closeNov 4, 2026, 6:00 PM EST

191.56 -0.25 -0.13%

After hours · Nov 4, 6:00 PM ET

186.25 Day range 192.64
146.89 52-week range 192.64
YTD
+9.38%
1 year
+13.68%
Market cap
48.00B
Revenue (ttm)
9.94B
Profit margin
11.40%
EPS (ttm)
4.46
Shares out
250.25M
P/E ratio
43.01
Forward P/E
31.10
Dividend
1.54 (0.83%)
Ex-dividend date
Nov 4, 2026
YTD return
+9.38%
1-year return
+13.68%
Volume
4.58M
Avg volume
1.49M
Open
188.81
Previous close
186.66
Day's range
186.25 – 192.64
52-week range
146.89 – 192.64
Beta
0.42
Analysts
Strong Buy
Price target
206.48 (+7.6%)
Earnings date
Feb 10, 2027

1m +3.93 (+2.09%)

186188190192Nov 4191.83

Key statistics

Enterprise value
56.37B
PEG ratio
2.45
Price / sales
4.83
Price / book
6.09
Dividend yield
0.83%
Payout ratio
31.39%
Revenue growth
7.30%
Free cash flow
1.08B
Total cash
98.14M
Total debt
9.77B
Return on equity
14.19%
Short % of float
2.40%
50-day average
164.05
200-day average
163.66

Financials — quick view

All financials
WCN Revenue — quarterly 2.64B
2022-Q4 20222023-Q1 20232023-Q2 20232023-Q3 20232023-Q4 20232024-Q1 20242024-Q2 20242024-Q3 20242024-Q4 20242025-Q1 20252025-Q2 20252025-Q3 20252025-Q4 20252026-Q1 20262026-Q2 20262026-Q3 2026
WCN Net income — quarterly 359.22M
2022-Q4 20222023-Q1 20232023-Q2 20232023-Q3 20232023-Q4 20232024-Q1 20242024-Q2 20242024-Q3 20242024-Q4 20242025-Q1 20252025-Q2 20252025-Q3 20252025-Q4 20252026-Q1 20262026-Q2 20262026-Q3 2026
WCN EPS — quarterly 1.43
2022-Q4 20222023-Q1 20232023-Q2 20232023-Q3 20232023-Q4 20232024-Q1 20242024-Q2 20242024-Q3 20242024-Q4 20242025-Q1 20252025-Q2 20252025-Q3 20252025-Q4 20252026-Q1 20262026-Q2 20262026-Q3 2026

Earnings

WCN recent earnings
Report dateQuarter endingEPS estimateEPS reportedSurpriseSurprise %
Feb 10, 2027Dec 30, 20261.40———
Oct 21, 2026Sep 30, 20261.521.58+0.06+3.95%
Jul 22, 2026Jun 30, 20261.351.50+0.15+11.11%
Apr 22, 2026Mar 31, 20261.191.23+0.04+3.36%
Feb 11, 2026Dec 31, 20251.281.29+0.01+0.78%
Oct 21, 2025Sep 30, 20251.381.44+0.06+4.35%

Upgrades / downgrades

WCN analyst upgrades and downgrades
DateFirmActionFromTo
Oct 27, 2026UBSmainBuyBuy
Oct 23, 2026CIBCmainOutperformerOutperformer
Oct 23, 2026CitigroupmainNeutralNeutral
Oct 23, 2026Morgan StanleymainOverweightOverweight
Oct 23, 2026OppenheimermainOutperformOutperform
Oct 23, 2026RBC CapitalmainOutperformOutperform

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

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Insider holders

WCN insider holders
InsiderRelationLatest transactionDateShares held
BLACK MATTHEW STEPHENOfficerSaleOct 28, 202632,530
CHAMBLISS DARRELL WOfficerStock GiftJun 5, 202592,000
CRAFT JASON JONChief Operating OfficerSaleJun 4, 202632,861
GUILLET EDWARD EDirectorConversion of Exercise of derivative securityFeb 12, 202615,171
HANSEN ERIC OChief Technology OfficerSaleApr 29, 202613,350
LITTLE JAMES MICHAELOfficerSaleOct 26, 202646,436

Institution ownership

WCN institution ownership
Holder% heldSharesValueReported
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.31%15,797,2753.03BJun 29, 2026
Royal Bank of Canada5.26%13,188,6652.53BJun 29, 2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.48%11,232,9782.15BJun 29, 2026
Bank of Montreal /CAN/3.46%8,665,6511.66BJun 29, 2026
1832 Asset Management L.P.2.98%7,456,6841.43BJun 29, 2026
Blackrock Inc.2.54%6,370,7881.22BJun 29, 2026

Fund ownership

WCN fund ownership
Holder% heldSharesValueReported
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund3.23%8,103,0101.55BJun 29, 2026
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund2.21%5,530,2961.06BJun 29, 2026
VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund1.48%3,708,121711.25MJul 30, 2026
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Growth Index Fund1.23%3,083,469591.44MJun 29, 2026
VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDS-Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund0.98%2,459,852471.82MJun 29, 2026
WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND0.90%2,262,759434.02MSep 29, 2026