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Waste Connections, Inc. WCN

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184.08 USD +2.11 +1.16%

At close · Oct 30

183.81 -0.27 -0.15%

After hours · Oct 30, 5:10 PM ET

Bid
184.01 × 100
Ask
184.12 × 100
182.82 Day range 188.20
149.02 52-week range 186.72
YTD
+4.97%
1 year
+7.66%
Open
185.72
Prev close
181.97
Mkt cap
46.07B
Vol
1.86M
Avg vol
1.49M
EPS
4.46
P/E
41.27
Div yield
0.85%
More statistics
Low
182.82
High
188.20
Forward P/E
29.79
Beta
0.48
Short ratio
3.13
Inst. own
92.28%
Dividend
1.54
Ex-div date
Nov 4, 2026
Earnings
Feb 10, 2027
50-d avg
163.01
200-d avg
163.37
1y target
206.48

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Events in this range
  • May 4, 2011Dividend: 0.0361
  • Aug 1, 2011Dividend: 0.0361
  • May 7, 2012Dividend: 0.0433
  • Aug 2, 2012Dividend: 0.0433
  • Nov 1, 2012Dividend: 0.0481
  • Feb 1, 2013Dividend: 0.0481
  • May 6, 2013Dividend: 0.0481
  • Aug 2, 2013Dividend: 0.0481
  • Nov 1, 2013Dividend: 0.0553
  • Feb 7, 2014Dividend: 0.0553
  • Aug 6, 2015Dividend: 0.0625
  • Nov 5, 2015Dividend: 0.0697
  • Nov 3, 2016Dividend: 0.18
  • Mar 3, 2017Dividend: 0.18
  • Aug 3, 2017Dividend: 0.12
  • Aug 4, 2017Dividend: 0.12
  • Nov 7, 2017Dividend: 0.14
  • Aug 3, 2018Dividend: 0.14
  • Aug 6, 2018Dividend: 0.14
  • May 7, 2019Dividend: 0.16
  • May 4, 2020Dividend: 0.185
  • Aug 3, 2020Dividend: 0.185
  • Mar 2, 2021Dividend: 0.205
  • Mar 1, 2022Dividend: 0.23
  • Dec 1, 2022Dividend: 0.255
  • Nov 7, 2023Dividend: 0.285
  • May 7, 2024Dividend: 0.285
  • Aug 7, 2024Dividend: 0.285
  • Nov 7, 2024Dividend: 0.315
  • May 7, 2025Dividend: 0.315
  • Aug 6, 2025Dividend: 0.315
  • Nov 5, 2025Dividend: 0.35
  • May 6, 2026Dividend: 0.35
  • Aug 6, 2026Dividend: 0.35
  • Nov 5, 2026Dividend: 0.385
Signals (108)
NameDateAgo
SMA: BullishOct 1, 20261 month ago
SMA: BullishOct 1, 20261 month ago
SMA: BearishAug 1, 20263 months ago
SMA: BullishJul 1, 20264 months ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 202610 months ago
SMA: BullishNov 1, 20251 year ago
SMA: BearishOct 1, 20251 year ago
MACD: Sell SignalJul 1, 20251 year ago
SMA: BearishJun 1, 20251 year ago
SMA: BullishJan 1, 20251 year ago
SMA: BearishDec 1, 20241 year ago
RSI: OverboughtNov 1, 20242 years ago
RSI: OverboughtAug 1, 20242 years ago
RSI: OverboughtMar 1, 20242 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalJan 1, 20242 years ago
SMA: BullishDec 1, 20232 years ago
SMA: BullishNov 1, 20233 years ago
SMA: BearishOct 1, 20233 years ago
SMA: BearishAug 1, 20233 years ago
SMA: BullishFeb 1, 20233 years ago
SMA: BearishDec 1, 20223 years ago
SMA: BullishJul 1, 20224 years ago
SMA: BearishMay 1, 20224 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalMay 1, 20224 years ago
SMA: BullishMar 1, 20224 years ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 20224 years ago
RSI: OverboughtOct 1, 20215 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJul 1, 20215 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalApr 1, 20215 years ago
RSI: OverboughtApr 1, 20215 years ago
SMA: BullishMar 1, 20215 years ago
SMA: BearishFeb 1, 20215 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalJan 1, 20215 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalSep 1, 20206 years ago
SMA: BullishMay 1, 20206 years ago
SMA: BullishApr 1, 20206 years ago
SMA: BearishMar 1, 20206 years ago
SMA: BearishMar 1, 20206 years ago
SMA: BullishJan 1, 20206 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJan 1, 20206 years ago
SMA: BearishNov 1, 20197 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalOct 1, 20197 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalMar 1, 20197 years ago
SMA: BullishJan 1, 20197 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJan 1, 20197 years ago
SMA: BearishDec 1, 20187 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalOct 1, 20188 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalAug 1, 20188 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalJun 1, 20188 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalMay 1, 20188 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalApr 1, 20188 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJan 1, 201610 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalOct 1, 201511 years ago
SMA: BullishMar 1, 201511 years ago
SMA: BearishDec 1, 201411 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalDec 1, 201411 years ago
RSI: OverboughtOct 1, 201412 years ago
RSI: OverboughtAug 1, 201412 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJun 1, 201412 years ago
SMA: BullishFeb 1, 201412 years ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 201412 years ago
RSI: OverboughtMay 1, 201313 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalFeb 1, 201313 years ago
SMA: BullishOct 1, 201214 years ago
SMA: BullishSep 1, 201214 years ago
SMA: BearishAug 1, 201214 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalFeb 1, 201214 years ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 201214 years ago
RSI: OverboughtDec 1, 201114 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJan 1, 201115 years ago
RSI: OverboughtOct 1, 201016 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalNov 1, 200917 years ago
SMA: BullishOct 1, 200917 years ago
SMA: BullishJul 1, 200917 years ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 200917 years ago
SMA: BullishDec 1, 200817 years ago
SMA: BearishNov 1, 200818 years ago
SMA: BearishNov 1, 200818 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalNov 1, 200818 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalJul 1, 200818 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJul 1, 200818 years ago
SMA: BullishApr 1, 200818 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalJan 1, 200818 years ago
SMA: BearishDec 1, 200718 years ago
RSI: OverboughtSep 1, 200719 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJan 1, 200719 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalDec 1, 200619 years ago
SMA: BullishSep 1, 200620 years ago
SMA: BearishAug 1, 200620 years ago
RSI: OverboughtMar 1, 200620 years ago
SMA: BullishFeb 1, 200620 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalOct 1, 200521 years ago
RSI: OverboughtMar 1, 200521 years ago
RSI: OverboughtSep 1, 200422 years ago
RSI: OverboughtJun 1, 200422 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalMar 1, 200422 years ago
SMA: BullishAug 1, 200323 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalFeb 1, 200323 years ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 200323 years ago
MACD: Buy SignalMar 1, 200224 years ago
SMA: BullishFeb 1, 200224 years ago
SMA: BearishJan 1, 200224 years ago
MACD: Sell SignalJan 1, 200224 years ago
SMA: BullishDec 1, 200124 years ago
SMA: BearishSep 1, 200125 years ago
RSI: OverboughtDec 1, 200025 years ago
SMA: BullishMay 1, 200026 years ago
SMA: BearishAug 1, 199927 years ago

Key statistics

Market cap
45.98B
Enterprise value
55.20B
Trailing P/E
41.20
Forward P/E
29.79
PEG ratio
2.39
Price / sales
4.62
Price / book
5.83
EPS (TTM)
4.46
Beta
0.48
Dividend yield
0.85%
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
2.40%
50-day average
163.01
200-day average
163.37

Analyst view

Consensus: strong buy

Strong buy
Price target (mean) 206.48 +12.2% upside
Target (low)
170.00
Target (mean)
206.48
Target (high)
225.00
Ratings (0m) 28 25 buy · 3 hold · 0 sell
  • Strong buy6
  • Buy19
  • Hold3
  • Sell0
  • Strong sell0

Next earnings

Feb 10, 2027

Expected Feb 10, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 1.38.

Earnings history

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 STEPHENOfficerConversion of Exercise of derivative securityFeb 17, 202643,756
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%15,797,2752.90BJun 29, 2026
Royal Bank of Canada5.26%13,188,6652.42BJun 29, 2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.48%11,232,9782.06BJun 29, 2026
Bank of Montreal /CAN/3.46%8,665,6511.59BJun 29, 2026
1832 Asset Management L.P.2.98%7,456,6841.37BJun 29, 2026
Blackrock Inc.2.54%6,370,7881.17BJun 29, 2026

Fund ownership

WCN fund ownership
Holder% heldSharesValueReported
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund3.23%8,103,0101.49BJun 29, 2026
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund2.21%5,530,2961.02BJun 29, 2026
VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund1.48%3,708,121681.33MJul 30, 2026
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Growth Index Fund1.23%3,083,469566.56MJun 29, 2026
VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDS-Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund0.98%2,459,852451.97MJun 29, 2026
WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND0.90%2,262,759415.76MSep 29, 2026
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