In last trading session, Waste Connections Inc (NYSE:WCN) saw 0.87 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 0.60. Company’s recent per share price level of $185.9 trading at -$1.59 or -0.85% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $48.03B. That closing price of WCN’s stock is at a discount of -8.48% from its 52-week high price of $201.66 and is indicating a premium of 8.9% from its 52-week low price of $169.36. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 0.93 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 1.19 million if we extend that period to 3-months.
For Waste Connections Inc (WCN), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.62. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 7 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 1 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 2 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 4 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight.
Waste Connections Inc (NYSE:WCN) trade information
Upright in the red during last session for losing -0.85%, in the last five days WCN remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Tuesday, 06/24/25 when the stock touched $185.9 price level, adding 1.58% to its value on the day. Waste Connections Inc’s shares saw a change of 6.22% in year-to-date performance and have moved 0.10% in past 5-day. Waste Connections Inc (NYSE:WCN) showed a performance of -4.90% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 2.15 million shares which calculate 2.19 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 220.5 to the stock, which implies a rise of 15.69% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 220 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 221. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -18.34% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -18.34% for stock’s current value.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of 2.13% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 8.54% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 11.45%.
WCN Dividends
Waste Connections Inc is more likely to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Apr-23 and investors are confident in the company announcing better current-quarter dividends despite the fact that it has been facing issues arising out of mounting debt. With an annual yield of 0.66%, the share has a forward dividend of 1.23 which implies that company’s dividend yield remained growing in trailing twelve months while having a 5 year average dividend yield of 0.68%.
Waste Connections Inc (NYSE:WCN)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 0.20% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 89.51 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 89.69%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 89.51% institutions for Waste Connections Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the top institutional holder at WCN for having 28.93 million shares of worth $5.07 billion. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 11.2138 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., which was holding about 12.4 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 4.806 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $2.17 billion.
On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 8.14 shares of worth $1.51 billion or 3.15% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 5.56 shares on Mar 31, 2025 , making its stake of worth around $1.03 billion in the company or a holder of 2.15% of company’s stock.
