WCN Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Waste Connections Common Shares | NYSE:WCN)

Waste Connections is a North American waste management company focused on integrated waste collection services. The firm primarily focuses on residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial waste collection, with a secondary market focus on rural areas. With 113 landfills and 222 transfer stations as of 2024, it is the third-largest waste management company by revenue. Revenue is split among six operating segments: Western, Southern, Eastern, Central, Canada, and Midsouth.

Waste Connections Common Shares trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WCN.

As of January 27, 2026, WCN stock price declined to $169.56 with 989,722 million shares trading.

WCN has a beta of 0.07, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WCN has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

WCN has a market cap of $43.41 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Waste Connections Common Shares reported $2 billion in Revenue and $1.44 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $8 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.06.

In the last 3 years, WCN traded as high as $201.66 and as low as $126.12.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that WCN belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VO, VUG, VOT, USMV.

WCN has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -3.9%, while the SPY ETF gained +15.6%. In the last 3 month period, WCN fell short of the market, returning -3.9%, while SPY returned +3.0%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks WCN has outperformed the stock market by returning +2.0%, while SPY returned 0.0%.

WCN support price is $168.98 and resistance is $173.60 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WCN shares will trade within this expected range on the day.