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Waste Connections (WCN) Gets a Buy from Bernstein
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Waste Connections Annual Shareholders Meeting Results
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Waste Connections Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
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Waste Connections Announces Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
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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 July 7, 2026, WCN stock price climbed to $172.93 with 1,554,321 million shares trading.
WCN has a beta of -0.20, 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 $43.94 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter Waste Connections Common Shares reported $2 billion in Revenue and $1.23 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $21 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.04.
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, USMV, VOT.
WCN has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -3.6%, while the SPY ETF gained +20.8%. In the last 3 month period, WCN fell short of the market, returning +4.7%, while SPY returned +13.8%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks WCN has outperformed the stock market by returning +12.7%, while SPY returned +0.4%.
WCN support price is $164.97 and resistance is $170.27 (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.