Waste Connections - WCN Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Waste Connections in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" WCN shares.
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9 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Waste Connections' shares. Their WCN share price forecasts range from C$135.00 to C$180.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach C$146.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 21.5%.
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Waste Connections' stock was trading at C$172.40 at the start of the year. Since then, WCN shares have increased by 8.3% and is now trading at C$186.65.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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Waste Connections, Inc. (TSE:WCN) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $2.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.32 billion.

Waste Connections announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.294 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 17th.
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Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.64%. The dividend payout ratio is 25.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Waste Connections trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "WCN."

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One share of WCN stock can currently be purchased for approximately C$186.65.

Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) has a market capitalization of C$48.00 billion and generates C$6.68 billion in revenue each year.

The company employs 19,998 workers across the globe.

Waste Connections' mailing address is 610 Applewood Cres Suite 200, CONCORD, ON L4K 0E3, Canada. The official website for the company is www.wasteconnections.com. The company can be reached via phone at +1-905-5327510.