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Waste Connections Inc

WCN

172.850USD

+2.540+1.49%

Close 10/10, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

44.66BMarket Cap

69.36P/E TTM

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Waste Connections Inc

172.850

+2.540+1.49%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Waste Connections Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Waste Connections Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

4 / 167

Overall Ranking

54 / 4697

Industry

Professional & Commercial Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 25 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

208.243

Target Price

+20.48%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Waste Connections Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company. It 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. It serves approximately nine million residential, commercial and industrial customers in secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. It 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.

High Growth

The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 23.68% year-on-year.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 48.94%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 48.94%.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PE is 69.34, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 233.24M shares, decreasing 3.03% quarter-over-quarter.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company's current financial score is 9.16, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.36. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 2.41B, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.07%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 5.37%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

9.16

Change

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Financials

6.74

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

9.80

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

9.61

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

10.00

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

9.64

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Waste Connections Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current valuation score is 5.83, which is lower than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.05. Its current P/E ratio is 69.34, which is 18.32% below the recent high of 82.05 and 43.43% above the recent low of 39.22.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

5.83

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 4/167

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.24, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 7.65. The average price target for Waste Connections Inc is 210.00, with a high of 227.00 and a low of 152.12.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.24

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 25 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

208.243

Target Price

+20.48%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Waste Connections Inc

WCN

Waste Management Inc

Republic Services Inc

RSG

Veralto Corp

VLTO

GFL Environmental Inc

GFL

Clean Harbors Inc

CLH

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.74, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 6.48. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 176.78 and the support level at 169.40, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.17

Change

0.57

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(2)

Neutral(4)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

0.464

Neutral

RSI(14)

43.058

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

34.839

Neutral

ATR(14)

2.504

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-47.011

Neutral

Williams %R

56.047

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

-0.152

Sell

StochRSI(14)

99.019

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(6)

Neutral(0)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

172.870

Sell

MA10

173.702

Sell

MA20

173.494

Sell

MA50

179.652

Sell

MA100

183.832

Sell

MA200

185.557

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

10.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

30.75M

+2.05%

WCM Investment Management

6.50M

+1.85%

Capital International Investors

6.01M

+0.54%

Fidelity Investments Canada ULC

5.85M

-21.80%

Mackenzie Investments

5.22M

+14.04%

RBC Global Asset Management Inc.

5.16M

+2.29%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

5.12M

+12.07%

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc.

5.05M

-2.70%

BMO Asset Management Inc.

4.48M

+0.22%

Pictet Asset Management Ltd.

4.09M

-12.49%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-10

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.70, which is higher than the Professional & Commercial Services industry's average of 5.71. The company's beta value is 0.37. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.