NYSE:WCN - Waste Connections Stock Price, Forecast & News

Waste Connections trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WCN."

Waste Connections announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Tuesday, November 26th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 8th. View Waste Connections' Dividend History.

Shares of Waste Connections split on the morning of Monday, June 19th 2017. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, April 26th 2017. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, June 16th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Waste Connections stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Waste Connections Inc (NYSE:WCN) posted its earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The business services provider reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.41 billion. Waste Connections had a net margin of 10.70% and a return on equity of 10.62%. Waste Connections's quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. View Waste Connections' Earnings History.

Waste Connections is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Waste Connections.

Waste Connections will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

16 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Waste Connections' stock. Their forecasts range from $89.25 to $108.00. On average, they expect Waste Connections' share price to reach $100.16 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Waste Connections.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waste Connections in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Waste Connections.

Headlines about WCN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Waste Connections earned a coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Waste Connections.

Waste Connections saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,760,000 shares, a decline of 30.4% from the November 28th total of 2,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 917,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Waste Connections' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Waste Connections include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Veolia Environnement (VEOEY), Advanced Disposal Services (ADSW), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), US Ecology (ECOL), Alanco Technologies (ALAN) and China Industrial Waste Management (CIWT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Waste Connections investors own include Hawkins (HWKN), Waste Management (WM), CA (CA), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), BlackRock (BLK), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Honeywell International (HON), Visa (V) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Waste Connections' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Brasada Capital Management LP (0.05%), Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Selz Capital LLC (0.04%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Waste Connections stock include Darrell W Chambliss, David Eddie, Edward E Guillet, Eric Hansen, James Little, Larry Sanford Hughes, Matthew Stephen Black, Michael W Harlan, Patrick James Shea, Ronald J Mittelstaedt, Steven F Bouck and William J Razzouk. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Waste Connections.

WCN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Northstar Asset Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV and Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY. Company insiders that have sold Waste Connections company stock in the last year include Darrell W Chambliss, David Eddie, Edward E Guillet, Eric Hansen, James Little, Matthew Stephen Black, Michael W Harlan, Patrick James Shea and William J Razzouk. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waste Connections.

WCN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Selz Capital LLC, Paragon Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Gradient Investments LLC and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Waste Connections.

Shares of WCN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WCN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $97.66.

Waste Connections has a market capitalization of $25.75 billion and generates $4.92 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $546.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.52 on an earnings per share basis. Waste Connections employs 16,356 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Waste Connections.

The official website for Waste Connections is http://www.wasteconnections.com/.

Waste Connections' mailing address is 610 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT SUITE 200, VAUGHAN A6, L4K 0C3. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 905-532-7510 or via email at [email protected]