Waste Connections (WCN) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$155.77 +0.06 (+0.04%)

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Waste Connections - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Buy

Based on 22 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
4

Buy
18

Based on 22 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Waste Connections in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy." Out of the 22 analysts, 4 have given a hold rating, 14 have given a buy rating, and 4 have given a strong buy rating for WCN.

Consensus Price Target

$203.35
30.55% Upside

According to the 22 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Waste Connections, the average price target is $203.35. The highest price target for WCN is $218.00, while the lowest price target for WCN is $180.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 30.55% from the current price of $155.77.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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WCN Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/25/25 to 5/25/26	1 Month Ago 4/25/25 to 4/25/26	3 Months Ago 2/24/25 to 2/24/26	1 Year Ago 5/25/24 to 5/25/25
Strong Buy	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	14 Buy rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)
Hold	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$203.35	$203.95	$203.75	$212.23
Forecasted Upside	30.55% Upside	23.01% Upside	23.00% Upside	7.91% Upside
Consensus Rating	Buy	Buy	Buy	Moderate Buy

WCN Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

WCN Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Waste Connections Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Waste Connections	Business Services Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	3.00	1.96	2.52
Consensus Rating	Buy	Reduce	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	30.55% Upside	350.06% Upside	15.09% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent WCN News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
5/13/2026	Weiss Ratings Not Rated		Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
4/28/2026	Barclays 3 of 5 stars	William Grippin Not Rated	Set Target	Equal Weight	$176.00 ➝ $180.00	+11.37%
4/24/2026	BMO Capital Markets 4 of 5 stars	Devin Dodge 4 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$206.00 ➝ $208.00	+23.34%
4/24/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sabahat Khan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$210.00 ➝ $218.00	+28.98%
4/24/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tami Zakaria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$195.00 ➝ $210.00	+25.82%
4/23/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$211.00	+24.84%
3/13/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brad Hewitt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$199.00	+19.13%
2/13/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Toni Kaplan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Overweight	$205.00	+27.09%
2/13/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Konark Gupta Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Sector Outperform	$204.00 ➝ $197.00	+22.13%
2/13/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$212.00	+31.76%
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2/13/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Shlomo Rosenbaum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Buy	$218.00 ➝ $213.00	+34.96%
2/13/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Schumm Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$210.00 ➝ $200.00	+23.72%
1/23/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Noah Kaye Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$206.00 ➝ $205.00	+20.52%
1/16/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bryan Burgmeier Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$196.00 ➝ $183.00	+9.27%
1/8/2026	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kevin Chiang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$208.00	+23.71%
1/6/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
1/5/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jon Windham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$205.00	+18.03%
1/5/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Connor Cerniglia Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$200.00 ➝ $205.00	+17.78%
11/13/2025	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jerry Revich Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$186.00	+11.05%
10/7/2025	National Bank Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$211.00 ➝ $196.00	+13.08%
10/6/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Tyler Brown Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Strong-Buy	$213.00	+22.20%
7/24/2025	ATB Cormark Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
6/9/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rob Wertheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy	$213.00	+12.76%
4/25/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tobey Sommer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$220.00	+14.22%
4/3/2025	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Trevor Romeo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform
1/30/2025	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy	$225.00 ➝ $210.00	+12.14%
10/9/2024	Eight Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	J. Somerville Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold

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Should I Buy Waste Connections Stock? WCN Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Waste Connections pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Waste Connections
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Waste Connections, Inc.:

The current stock price is around $203.35, which reflects a strong consensus rating of "Buy" from analysts, indicating positive market sentiment.
Waste Connections, Inc. reported a quarterly EPS of $1.23, exceeding analysts' expectations, showcasing strong financial performance and effective management.
The company has demonstrated a year-over-year revenue growth of 6.4%, indicating a solid demand for its waste management services and potential for future profitability.
With a return on equity of 16.49%, Waste Connections, Inc. is effectively utilizing its equity to generate profits, which is a positive sign for investors looking for efficient management.
The company has a consistent dividend payout, recently declaring a quarterly dividend of $0.35, which provides a steady income stream for investors.

Waste Connections
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Waste Connections, Inc. for these reasons:

Despite the positive EPS report, the company's revenue of $2.33 billion fell short of analysts' expectations, which may raise concerns about future growth potential.
Insider ownership is relatively low at 0.27%, which could indicate a lack of confidence from those closest to the company regarding its future performance.
Recent analyst downgrades, such as the reduction of target prices by some firms, may signal caution among market experts about the stock's near-term prospects.
The company's net margin of 10.97% suggests that while it is profitable, there may be room for improvement in cost management and operational efficiency.
Market volatility and economic uncertainties could impact the waste management sector, potentially affecting Waste Connections, Inc.'s performance and stock price stability.

WCN Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 22 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Waste Connections is $203.35, with a high forecast of $218.00 and a low forecast of $180.00.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waste Connections in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 4 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" WCN shares.

According to analysts, Waste Connections's stock has a predicted upside of 30.55% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Waste Connections's stock had 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade by analysts.

Waste Connections has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Royal Bank Of Canada, The Goldman Sachs Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wolfe Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Waste Connections more than other "business services" companies. The consensus rating for Waste Connections is Buy while the average consensus rating for "business services" companies is Reduce. Learn more on how WCN compares to other companies.

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This page (NYSE:WCN) was last updated on 5/25/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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Waste Connections (WCN) Stock Forecast & Price Target