Waste Connections Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waste Connections in the last year. There are currently 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Waste Connections stock.
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Waste Connections saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,670,000 shares, a decrease of 16.5% from the July 29th total of 2,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 601,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Waste Connections is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE:WCN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 4th. The business services provider reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.04. The business services provider earned $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.50 billion. Waste Connections had a net margin of 10.95% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.17%. Waste Connections's revenue was up 17.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.60 earnings per share.
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Waste Connections' stock was trading at $93.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WCN stock has increased by 37.2% and is now trading at $128.62.
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Waste Connections declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.205 per share on Wednesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.82 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 17th.
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Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.63%. The dividend payout ratio of Waste Connections is 31.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Waste Connections will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.91% next year. This indicates that Waste Connections will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes 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 updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.98 billion-$5.98 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.96 billion.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Waste Connections' shares. Their forecasts range from $108.00 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate Waste Connections' stock price to reach $130.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.3% from the stock's current price.
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92 employees have rated Waste Connections CEO Worthing Jackman on Glassdoor.com. Worthing Jackman has an approval rating of 95% among Waste Connections' employees. This puts Worthing Jackman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Waste Connections include Waste Management (WM), Republic Services (RSG), Veolia Environnement (VEOEY), GFL Environmental (GFL), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), US Ecology (ECOL), NeXplore (NXPC), Tele Group (TMLL), Avalon (AWX), Digital Locations (DLOC), Alanco Technologies (ALAN), AU Min Africa PTY (GRYEF) and China Industrial Waste Management (CIWT).
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Waste Connections trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WCN."

Waste Connections' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (11.72%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.94%), Bank of Montreal Can (4.41%), Royal Bank of Canada (3.76%), Capital International Investors (3.73%) and BlackRock Inc. (2.68%). Company insiders that own Waste Connections stock include Brian Harris, David Eddie, Eric Hansen, James Little, Matthew Stephen Black, Patrick James Shea, Ronald J Mittelstaedt, Susan Netherton and Worthing Jackman.
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WCN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Swiss National Bank, AGF Investments Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, CIBC Asset Management Inc, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Waste Connections company stock in the last year include Brian Harris, Matthew Stephen Black, Patrick James Shea, and Susan Netherton.
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WCN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including abrdn plc, Bank of Montreal Can, Royal Bank of Canada, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Deutsche Bank AG, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Amundi, and Kimelman & Baird LLC.
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Shares of WCN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WCN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.62.

Waste Connections has a market capitalization of $33.51 billion and generates $5.45 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $204.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.64 on an earnings per share basis.

Waste Connections employs 18,933 workers across the globe.

Waste Connections was founded in 1997.

The official website for Waste Connections is www.wasteconnections.com.

Waste Connections is headquartered at 610 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT SUITE 200, VAUGHAN A6, L4K 0C3.

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]vewaste.com.