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WCN Waste Connections, Inc.

New York Stock Exchange · Waste Management · Industrials

$165.28
-1.01 (-0.61%)

Waste Connections, Inc. is a leading environmental services provider that delivers a full spectrum of non-hazardous waste management solutions, including collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery, across both the United States and Canada. The company offers essential waste collection services to a diverse customer base, spanning residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and explo…

Market Cap: $41.66Bwww.wasteconnections.com

Price

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Signal Score (90d)

130
130
Aug 17Aug 17

Revenue

$2.56B+60.38%
$1.60B$1.92B$2.24B$2.56B
Sep 2021Jun 2026

Quote

Day Range
$164.40 – $166.24
52-Week Range
$146.89 – $188.75
Volume
$352.4K
Market Cap
$41.66B
50-Day Avg
$165.11
200-Day Avg
$165.69
Prev Close
$166.29
Open
$165.42

Valuation & Ratios

P/E Ratio
41.85
EPS
$4.22
P/B Ratio
5.45
P/S Ratio
4.72
Debt/Equity
1.14
Current Ratio
0.62
Dividend Yield
+0.7%
Gross Margin
+39.0%

Returns & Efficiency

Return on Equity
+13.1%
Return on Assets
+5.1%
FCF Yield
+2.7%
EV/EBITDA
18.01

Revenue & Net Income (Annual)

Fiscal YearRevenueNet IncomeEPS
2025$9.50B$1.08B$4.19
2024$8.92B$617.57M$2.39
2023$8.02B$762.80M$2.96
2022$7.21B$835.66M$3.25
2021$6.15B$618.05M$2.37

Social Signal Score

80
5d
81
1 mentions
30d
80
1 mentions
60d
80
1 mentions
90d
80
1 mentions
news: 1

Earnings

Tue, Oct 20(in 2 months)

Consensus estimate $1.51 per share

6of 7 quarters beat consensus

Typical surprise +3.4% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)

  • Wed, Jul 22$1.50 vs $1.35beat
  • Wed, Apr 22$1.23 vs $1.19beat
  • Wed, Feb 11$1.29 vs $1.28beat
  • Tue, Oct 21$1.44 vs $1.38beat
  • Wed, Jul 23$1.29 vs $1.25beat
  • Wed, Apr 23$1.13 vs $1.07beat

Estimates and results for WCN via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.

Insider trading

Open-market buys and sells by WCN officers and directors.

Bought
$7.6m

1 trade

Sold
$3.7m

11 trades

  • Nielsen Iii Robertsold
    SR VP Operations·300 @ $173.10·$52k·Jul 29, 2026·filing
  • Cloninger Robert Michaelsold
    SR VP, Deputy General Counsel·2,573 @ $171.00·$440k·Jul 28, 2026·filing
  • Cloninger Robert Michaelsold
    SR VP, Deputy General Counsel·238 @ $171.33·$41k·Jul 28, 2026·filing
  • Shea Patrick Jamessold
    Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec·7,500 @ $156.26·$1.2m·Jun 5, 2026·filing
  • Craft Jasonsold
    Executive Vice President & COO·1,500 @ $156.59·$235k·Jun 5, 2026·filing
  • Nielsen Iii Robertsold
    SR VP Operations·500 @ $155.56·$78k·May 14, 2026·filing
  • Nielsen Iii Robertsold
    SR VP Operations·290 @ $151.00·$44k·May 13, 2026·filing
  • Nielsen Iii Robertsold
    SR VP Operations·337 @ $153.00·$52k·May 12, 2026·filing

88 further Form 4 entries are share awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax. Those are compensation, not trades, so they are excluded above. Buying is the stronger signal: an insider spends their own money for one reason. Selling has many innocent explanations — tax, diversifying, a house — so it says far less than it appears to. Via SEC filings.

Valuation

Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.

Seeded from WCN's reported EPS growth of 15.3% a year over 4 years.

EPS in 5 years
$8.61
Implied price
$361.51
Return from $165.28
16.9% a year

To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $179.74 — today's price is already 8.0% below that.

How sensitive is that answer?

Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.

growth \ P/E3036424854
5.3%-0.1%3.6%6.8%9.7%12.3%
10.3%4.6%8.5%11.9%14.9%17.6%
15.3%9.3%13.4%16.9%20.1%23.0%
20.3%14.1%18.3%22.0%25.3%28.3%
25.3%18.8%23.2%27.1%30.5%33.6%

This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.

Mentions (1)

  • Newszacks.com·6h ago·Positive

    Here's Why Investors Must Hold WCN Stock in Their Portfolios Now Waste Connections gains as market expansion, acquisitions and steady dividends support growth despite rising liquidity and regulatory pressures.

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