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Waste Connections

WCN · TORONTO

$186.60+$1.72 (+0.93%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $184.88

About WCN

Waste Connections, Inc. engages in the provision of non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas and currently employs 24,214 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2002-04-25. The company provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation. Its segments include Western, Southern, Eastern, Central, Canada and MidSouth. The company serves approximately nine million residential, commercial and industrial customers in secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. The company also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Its residential services include garbage pickup, yard waste, recycling, dumpster rental, bulk pickup, and portable toilets. Its commercial services include business waste collection, commercial recycling, shredding, roll off dumpster rental, and others.

Employees
24,214
Headquarters
The Woodlands, Texas
Listed
Apr 25, 2002
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Commercial Services & Supplies
Website
wasteconnections.com

WCN key statistics

Market cap
59.48B
Price-earnings ratio
41.36
Dividend yield
0.82%
Average volume
2.00M
Volume
2.91M
Open price
$184.46
High today
$187.27
Low today
$184.17
52 Week high
$186.93
52 Week low
$146.89

Waste Connections (WCN) at a glance

As of Oct 23, 2026, Waste Connections (WCN) shares are priced at $186.60, giving the company a market cap of 59.48B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.36 and a dividend yield of 0.82%.

Today the stock has traded between $184.17 and $187.27. The current price is 1.3% above the day's low and 0.4% below its high.

Volume so far is 2.91M shares, above the average of 2.00M shares a day.

Over the past year Waste Connections has ranged from $146.89 to $186.93, and now sits 99% of the way up that range.

Waste Connections met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 6 of the last 8 quarters. In Q3 FY26 it reported $1.58 per share against an estimate of $1.53.

The average analyst price target is $202.11, 8.3% above the current price, from 17 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

88%of 17 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy88.2%
  • Hold11.8%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 9 analystsAvg $202.11
Low
$189.05
Now
$186.60
High
$227.92

WCN earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 6 of the last 8 quarters, by 3.7% on average.

  1. Q4 FY24: reported $1.16 per share against an estimate of $1.22
  2. Q1 FY25: reported $1.13 per share against an estimate of $1.11
  3. Q2 FY25: reported $1.29 per share against an estimate of $1.26
  4. Q3 FY25: reported $1.44 per share against an estimate of $1.40
  5. Q4 FY25: reported $1.29 per share against an estimate of $1.29
  6. Q1 FY26: reported $1.23 per share against an estimate of $1.20
  7. Q2 FY26: reported $1.50 per share against an estimate of $1.37
  8. Q3 FY26: reported $1.58 per share against an estimate of $1.53

WCN news

  • 10 Industrials Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today’s Session

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results and Raises Full Year Outlook

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Announces 10.0% Increase in Quarterly Dividend

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Announces Dates for Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Renews Normal Course Issuer Bid for Share Repurchases

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Announces Pricing of C$700 Million of Senior Notes

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Announces Senior Notes Offering

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Waste Connections Announces Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

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