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WCN · Waste Connections, Inc.

Waste ManagementCanadaAnalyst view: Buy

$167.90

+0.52% last session

End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-24

Neutral2 bullish · 2 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (1.54 from 25 analysts)
To mean target: +21.1%

Market cap

$42B

Enterprise value

$52B

Trailing P/E

41.0

Forward P/E

27.1

Dividend yield

1.0%

Beta

0.48

Avg volume

2M

Employees

24K

2D change

0.05%

5D change

-2.28%

10D change

-0.93%

30D change

0.93%

60D change

7.89%

MTD change

1.99%

YTD change

-3.79%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)1.54
Covering analysts25
Mean price target$203.40
Low price target$156.00
Upside to mean target+21.1%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)54.8
50-day MA$161.01
200-day MA$165.72
Price vs 50-day MA+4.9%
Price vs 200-day MA+1.9%
MACD histogram-0.76
Volume vs 3-month avg0.0×
52w low $149.0252w high $190.69

Analyst sentiment over time — WCN

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-28

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Barclays

Equal-Weight

$187

+11.4% vs price
▲ raised from $180Maintains · 2026-07-28

JP Morgan

Overweight

$195

+16.1% vs price
▼ cut from $210Maintains · 2026-07-13

Citigroup

Neutral

$182

+8.4% vs price
▲ raised from $180Maintains · 2026-07-10

RBC Capital

Outperform

$218

+29.8% vs price
▲ raised from $210Maintains · 2026-04-24

Morgan Stanley

Overweight

$220

+31.0% vs price
▲ raised from $215Maintains · 2025-12-17

Goldman Sachs

Buy

$202

+20.3% vs price
▲ raised from $0.00Initiates · 2025-11-24

Wells Fargo

Overweight

$186

+10.8% vs price
▲ raised from $0.00Initiates · 2025-11-14

UBS

Neutral

$195

+16.1% vs price
▲ raised from $190Maintains · 2025-10-23

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-07-28BarclaysMaintainsEqual-Weight$180 $187
2026-07-24TD CowenMaintainsBuy$200 $210
2026-07-13JP MorganMaintainsOverweight$210 $195
2026-07-10CitigroupMaintainsNeutral$180 $182
2026-04-28BarclaysMaintainsEqual-Weight$176 $180
2026-04-24JP MorganMaintainsOverweight$195 $210
2026-04-24RBC CapitalMaintainsOutperform$210 $218
2026-04-24BMO CapitalMaintainsOutperform$206 $208

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-07-24

  • RSI (14): RSI is 55 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 4.9% above the 50-day MA ($161.01).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 1.9% above the 200-day MA ($165.72).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.76) — short-term momentum is fading.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($149.02) and high ($190.69).

WCN Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$10B
EBITDA$3.0B
Free cash flow$1.0B
Operating cash flow$2.0B
Book value / share$32.26
Net debt / EBITDA3.0
WACC7.0%
Revenue growth6.00%
Earnings growth-8.00%

About Waste Connections, Inc.

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive, compact, and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; develops, owns, and operates projects or the beneficial reuse of landfill gas through landfill network; and intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste created through the initial drilling and completion of an oil or natural gas well, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

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