Free Trial
NYSE:WCN

Waste Connections (WCN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Waste Connections logo
$189.40 +0.43 (+0.22%)
As of 10:51 AM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

About Waste Connections Stock (NYSE:WCN)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$187.79
$189.38
50-Day Range
$169.89
$190.33
52-Week Range
$160.34
$194.83
Volume
95,979 shs
Average Volume
949,518 shs
Market Capitalization
$48.88 billion
P/E Ratio
79.25
Dividend Yield
0.67%
Price Target
$201.00
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery 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; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, 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. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

Waste Connections Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks
82nd Percentile Overall Score

WCN MarketRank™: 

Waste Connections scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 65th out of 320 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Waste Connections has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.81, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Waste Connections has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Waste Connections' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Waste Connections are expected to grow by 14.02% in the coming year, from $5.28 to $6.02 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Waste Connections is 78.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.51.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Waste Connections is 78.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 33.18.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Waste Connections has a PEG Ratio of 3.07. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Waste Connections has a P/B Ratio of 6.18. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Waste Connections' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.85% of the float of Waste Connections has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Waste Connections has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Waste Connections has recently increased by 23.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Waste Connections has a dividend yield of 0.67%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Waste Connections does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Waste Connections is 52.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Waste Connections will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.93% next year. This indicates that Waste Connections will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Waste Connections' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.85% of the float of Waste Connections has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Waste Connections has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Waste Connections has recently increased by 23.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Waste Connections has a news sentiment score of 0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Waste Connections this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for WCN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 32 people have added Waste Connections to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -3% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Waste Connections insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.31% of the stock of Waste Connections is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    86.09% of the stock of Waste Connections is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Waste Connections' insider trading history.
Receive WCN Stock News and Ratings via Email

Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Waste Connections and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

WCN Stock News Headlines

Truist Financial Keeps Their Buy Rating on Waste Connections (WCN)
Watch This Robotics Demo Before March 17th
Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... Just did a demo of what Nvidia’s CEO said will be "the first multitrillion-dollar robotics industry."
Q1 EPS Estimate for Waste Connections Decreased by Analyst
Waste Connections price target raised to $219 from $214 at Morgan Stanley
Waste Connections price target raised to $196 from $195 at Oppenheimer
See More Headlines

WCN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Waste Connections' stock was trading at $171.58 at the start of the year. Since then, WCN stock has increased by 9.6% and is now trading at $188.10.
View the best growth stocks for 2025 here
.

Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE:WCN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.04. Waste Connections had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.54% and a net margin of 6.92%.

Waste Connections's stock split before market open on Monday, June 19th 2017. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, April 26th 2017. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, June 16th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Top institutional shareholders of Waste Connections include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.35%), Bank of Montreal Can (3.35%), FIL Ltd (2.78%) and WCM Investment Management LLC (2.47%). Insiders that own company stock include Mary Anne Whitney, James Little, David Eddie, Robert Michael Cloninger, Patrick James Shea, Susan Netherton, Michael W Harlan, Eric Hansen, Robert Nielsen III, William J Razzouk, Philip Rivard and Andrea E Bertone.
View institutional ownership trends
.

Shares of WCN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Waste Connections investors own include The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), American Water Works (AWK), AUO (AUOTY), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/12/2025
Today
2/26/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/13 Dividend
2/27/2025
Dividend Payable
3/13/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/23/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Refuse systems
Sub-Industry
Business Services
Employees
22,539
Year Founded
1997

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$201.00
High Stock Price Target
$219.00
Low Stock Price Target
$181.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+6.2%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.81
Research Coverage
16 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$617.57 million
Pretax Margin
8.55%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$8.92 billion
Cash Flow
$9.42 per share
Book Value
$30.46 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
257,285,000
Market Cap
$48.83 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.77

Social Links

20 Stocks to Sell Now Cover

MarketBeat has just released its list of 20 stocks that Wall Street analysts hate. These companies may appear to have good fundamentals, but top analysts smell something seriously rotten. Are any of these companies lurking around your portfolio?

Get This Free Report

This page (NYSE:WCN) was last updated on 2/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners