WCN

NYSE Waste Connections, Inc.
Oct 27, 2026 · 12:26 AM ET EOD Market Closed

$186.72 ↑ +0.00 (+0.00%) Trading Up from the previous close of $186.72, $0.63 below the day’s high of $187.36

YTD change
+6.48%
vs 20-day SMA
+16.18%
vs 200-day SMA
+14.53%

Price ranges

Previous day
$184.17 $187.27
open $184.46 close $186.60
+$2.14 (+1.16%)
Today
$185.14 $187.36
open $185.31 now $186.72
+$1.41 (+0.76%)
Past week
$165.16 $187.27
from $167.90 now $186.72
+$18.82 (+11.21%)
Past month
$149.39 $187.27
from $155.56 now $186.72
+$31.16 (+20.03%)
This year
$146.89 $187.36
from $175.36 now $186.72
+$11.36 (+6.48%)

Price & Performance

+25.18 (+15.59%) / 6M

$146.00$160.58$175.16$189.74Apr 27Jul 28Oct 26

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Very Good
  • The stock is 7.4% away from all-time highs of $201.66
  • WCN is up 6% since the beginning of the year
  • WCN is up 6% over the past 12 months
  • WCN is up 20% over the past 1 month
  • 2% of all WCN investors are betting against WCN
  • Number of investors short WCN has gone up 2% versus last month

WCN reads very good: price sits above both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is +6.8%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $1.58
Earnings momentum -14.0% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -14.0%

Valuation

P/E ratio 41.36
Enterprise value $56.7B
Beta 0.37

Balance sheet & scale

Income$1.1M
Revenue$9.8B
Cash$95.7M
Debt$9.8M
Income / Debt 0.11×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Sub Sector Waste Management and Remediation Services
Market cap $46.7B

Waste Connections, Inc. engages in the provision of non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services. The firm offers its services to residential, commercial, landfill and transfer stations, and industries such as office, apartments multi-family, construction and demolition, property management, retail, restaurant, and manufacturing. It operates through the following geographical segments: Western, Southern, Central, Eastern, Canada, and MidSouth. The company was founded by Ronald J. Mittelstaedt on September 9, 1997 and is headquartered in Woodbridge, Canada.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
WM Waste Management, Inc. $241.02 +0.69%
RSG Republic Services, Inc. $241.31 +0.36%
GFL GFL Environmental Inc $45.68 +0.26%
CWST Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Class A $96.16 -1.49%
PESI Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. $12.22 +0.74%

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