WCN — Waste Connections Share Price
Last trade - 00:00- CA$66.73bn
- CA$79.92bn
- $9.47bn
Growth & Value
| 12m Forecast Rolling | Industry | Market | |
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| PE Ratio (f) | 30.81 | ||
| PEG Ratio (f) | 3.61 | ||
| EPS Growth (f) | 9.33% | ||
| Dividend Yield (f) | 0.81% | ||
| Valuation (ttm) | Industry | Market | |
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| Price to Book Value | 5.99 | ||
| Price to Tang. Book | n/a | ||
| Price to Free Cashflow | 40.08 | ||
| Price to Sales | 4.75 | ||
| EV to EBITDA | 18.47 | ||
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Quality
| Name | Industry | Market | |
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| Return on Capital | 9.11% | ||
| Return on Equity | 14.19% | ||
| Operating Margin | 17.74% | ||
Financial Summary
| Year End 31st Dec | Unit | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026E | 2027E | CAGR / Avg |
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| Total Revenue | $m | 6,151.36 | 7,211.86 | 8,021.95 | 8,919.59 | 9,466.92 | 10,087.12 | 10,707.55 | 11.69% |
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| EPS Growth | % | +7.21 | +10.11 | +21.84 | +29.27 | -11.42 | +13.73 | +8.66 | n/a |
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Other Ratios
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
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.
Directors
- Ronald Mittelstaedt PRE (62)
- Michael Harlan NEC (65)
- Edward Guillet IND (74)
- James Little EVP (64)
- Patrick Shea EVP (55)
- Matthew Black SVP (53)
- Robert Cloninger SVP (53)
- Eric Hansen SVP (60)
- Susan Netherton SVP (56)
- Mary Whitney CFO (62)
- Elise Jordan IND (66)
- Jason Craft COO (50)
- Cherylyn Lebon IND (60)
- Derek Tan SVP (41)
- Daniel Florness IND (62)
- Last Annual
- December 31st, 2025
- Last Interim
- September 30th, 2026
- Incorporated
- June 1st, 2016
- Public Since
- April 25th, 2002
- No. of Shareholders
- 68
- No. of Employees
- 24,214
- Sector
- Professional & Commercial Services
- Industry
- Industrials
- Exchange
- Toronto Stock Exchange
- Shares in Issue
- 250,175,523
- Address
- 3 Waterway Square Place, Suite 110, THE WOODLANDS, 77380
- Web
- https://www.wasteconnections.com/
- Phone
- +1 8324422200
- Auditors
- Grant Thornton LLP
Latest News for WCN
Upcoming Events for WCN
Q4 2026 Waste Connections, Inc Earnings Release
Q1 2027 Waste Connections, Inc Earnings Release
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FAQ
As of Today at 23:07 UTC, shares in Waste Connections are trading at CA$266.73. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Waste Connections last closed at CA$266.73 and the price had moved by +14.28% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Waste Connections share price has underperformed the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index by -4.49% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Waste Connections is Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
Find out moreThe Waste Connections dividend yield is 0.76% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Waste Connections paid a total dividend of $1.44, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 0.76%.Looking ahead, the next dividend pay date is 2026-11-19.
We do not have data on when Waste Connections is to next pay dividends. The historic dividend yield on Waste Connections shares is currently 0.76%.
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As of the previous close price of CA$266.73, shares in Waste Connections had a market capitalisation of CA$66.73bn.
Here are the trading details for Waste Connections:
- Country of listing: Canada
- Exchange: TOR
- Ticker Symbol: WCN
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Waste Connections is currently classified as a High Flyer. The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
The analyst consensus target price for shares in Waste Connections is CA$286.73. That is 7.5% above the last closing price of CA$266.73.
Analysts covering Waste Connections currently have a consensus Earnings Per Share (EPS) forecast of $5.71 for the next financial year.
Find out moreAn important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Waste Connections. Over the past six months, its share price has outperformed the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index by +22.45%.
As of the last closing price of CA$266.73, shares in Waste Connections were trading +17.08% higher than their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
The Waste Connections PE ratio based on its reported earnings over the past 12 months is 30.81. The shares last closed at CA$266.73.
The PE ratio (or price-to-earnings ratio) is the one of the most popular valuation measures used by stock market investors. It is calculated by dividing a company's price per share by its earnings per share.
The PE ratio can be seen as being expressed in years, in the sense that it shows the number of years of earnings which would be required to pay back the purchase price, ignoring inflation. So in general terms, the higher the PE, the more expensive the stock is.
Waste Connections' management team is headed by:
- Ronald Mittelstaedt - PRE
- Michael Harlan - NEC
- Edward Guillet - IND
- James Little - EVP
- Patrick Shea - EVP
- Matthew Black - SVP
- Robert Cloninger - SVP
- Eric Hansen - SVP
- Susan Netherton - SVP
- Mary Whitney - CFO
- Elise Jordan - IND
- Jason Craft - COO
- Cherylyn Lebon - IND
- Derek Tan - SVP
- Daniel Florness - IND