WCN

Waste Connections Inc

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194.910

-0.570(-0.290%)

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Earnings

Line

Candle

YTD

High

195.670

Open

195.480

VWAP

194.83

Vol

78.72K

Mkt Cap

50.51B

Low

194.250

Amount

15.34M

EV/EBITDA(TTM)

20.26

Total Shares

257.96M

59.36B

EV/OCF(TTM)

26.03

P/S(TTM)

5.60

Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company. It provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation. Its segments include Western, Southern, Eastern, Central, Canada and MidSouth. It serves approximately nine million residential, commercial and industrial customers in secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. It also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Its residential services include garbage pickup, yard waste, recycling, dumpster rental, bulk pickup, and portable toilets. Its commercial services include business waste collection, commercial recycling, shredding, roll off dumpster rental, and others.

Market Estimates

Earnings Estimates

Revenue

YoY Chg

EPS

YoYChg

FY2025Q4

FY2025Q3

FY2025Q2

2.42B

+7.14%

1.353

+16.61%

2.49B

+6.5%

1.470

+8.91%

2.40B

+6.54%

1.258

+1.48%

Estimates Revision

The market is revising Downward the revenue expectations for Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) for FY2025, with the revenue forecasts being adjusted by -0.03% over the past three months. During the same period, the stock price has changed by 1.53%.

Revenue Estimates for FY2025

Revise Downward

-0.03%

In Past 3 Month

EPS Estimates for FY2025

Revise Downward

-1.52%

In Past 3 Month

Stock Price

Go Up

+1.53%

In Past 3 Month

15 Analyst Rating

10.82% Upside

Wall Street analysts forecast WCN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for WCN is 216.00 USD with a low forecast of 205.00 USD and a high forecast of 227.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

12 Buy

3 Hold

0 Sell

Strong Buy

10.82% Upside

Current: 194.910

Low

205.00

Averages

216.00

High

227.00

10.82% Upside

Current: 194.910

Low

205.00

Averages

216.00

High

227.00

JP Morgan

Tami Zakaria

Buy

Maintains

$197 → $230

2025-05-23

Reason

JP Morgan

Tami Zakaria

Price Target

$197 → $230

2025-05-23

Maintains

Buy

Reason

Citigroup

Bryan Burgmeier

Hold

Maintains

$209 → $212

2025-04-29

Reason

Citigroup

Bryan Burgmeier

Price Target

$209 → $212

2025-04-29

Maintains

Hold

Reason

Citi analyst Bryan Burgmeier raised the firm's price target on Waste Connections to $212 from $209 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. The company reported a Q1 beat and reiterated 2025 outlook as tariffs and broader macro uncertainty have not had "any noteworthy impacts" on its underlying costs and volumes, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

BMO Capital

Devin Dodge

Buy

Maintains

$214 → $216

2025-04-25

Reason

BMO Capital

Devin Dodge

Price Target

$214 → $216

2025-04-25

Maintains

Buy

Reason

BMO Capital raised the firm's price target on Waste Connections to $216 from $214 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares after its Q1 earnings beat. Investors have gravitated to ideas with limited impact from the prevailing macro concerns and strong/predictable earnings, the analyst tells investors in a research note. While relative valuation appears a bit stretched, Waste Connections remains a very good option for investors to ride out the current market volatility, BMO added.

Scotiabank

Konark Gupta

Hold

Maintains

$192 → $206

2025-04-08

Reason

Scotiabank

Konark Gupta

Price Target

$192 → $206

2025-04-08

Maintains

Hold

Reason

Scotiabank analyst Konark Gupta raised the firm's price target on Waste Connections to $206 from $192 and keeps a Sector Perform rating on the shares. The firm believes the North American solid waste sector remains attractive due to its pricing power, marketing and acquisitions, solid free cash flow, and shareholder-friendly actions, the analyst tells investors. Additionally, the recent stock market volatility could further attract investors given the sector's defensive attributes, the firm adds.

Morgan Stanley

Toni Kaplan

Buy

Maintains

$214 → $219

2025-02-14

Reason

Morgan Stanley

Toni Kaplan

Price Target

$214 → $219

2025-02-14

Maintains

Buy

Reason

Morgan Stanley raised the firm's price target on Waste Connections to $219 from $214 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. Q4 results were relatively in line with expectations, as was 2025 guidance, the analyst tells investors in a post-earnings note.

Truist Securities

Tobey Sommer

Strong Buy

Reiterates

$200 → $210

2025-02-14

Reason

Truist Securities

Tobey Sommer

Price Target

$200 → $210

2025-02-14

Reiterates

Strong Buy

Reason

Truist analyst Tobey Sommer raised the firm's price target on Waste Connections to $210 from $200 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company reported mixed Q4 results and issued 2025 guidance in-line with consensus, the analyst tells investors in a research note, adding that the firm expects another year of outsized margin expansion to be driven by favorable price-cost spread, with core pricing expected to be 6%.

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Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for Waste Connections Inc (WCN.N) is 36.12, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 34.22. For a more detailed relative valuation and DCF analysis to assess Waste Connections Inc 's fair value, click here.

Forward PE

The forward P/E ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future earnings per share over the next 12 months.

Fair

5Y Average PE

34.22

Current PE

36.12

Overvalued PE

36.60

Undervalued PE

31.85

Forward EV/EBITDA

The forward EV/EBITDA ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's enterprise value (EV) by its estimated future earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the next 12 months.

Fair

5Y Average EV/EBITDA

17.33

Current EV/EBITDA

18.04

Overvalued EV/EBITDA

18.35

Undervalued EV/EBITDA

16.32

Forward PS

The forward P/S ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future sales (or revenue) per share over the next 12 months.

Overvalued

5Y Average PS

4.71

Current PS

5.12

Overvalued PS

5.08

Undervalued PS

4.35

Financials

Annual

Quarterly

FY2025Q1

YoY :

+7.50%

2.23B

Total Revenue

FY2025Q1

YoY :

+8.39%

408.62M

Operating Profit

FY2025Q1

YoY :

+5.40%

241.51M

Net Income after Tax

FY2025Q1

YoY :

+4.49%

0.93

EPS - Diluted

FY2025Q1

YoY :

+2.72%

329.08M

Free Cash Flow

FY2025Q1

YoY :

+2.36%

29.03

Gross Profit Margin - %

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-14.40%

13.02

FCF Margin - %

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-1.90%

10.84

Net Margin - %

FY2025Q1

YoY :

-18.37%

5.51

ROIC

Trading Trends

Insider

Insiders are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last month.

Sold

0-3

Months

2.8M

USD

3-6

Months

1.6M

USD

6-9

Months

1.8M

USD

0-12

Months

169.0K

USD

Bought

0-3

0.0

USD

Months

3-6

0.0

USD

Months

6-9

0.0

USD

Months

0-12

0.0

USD

Months

Hedge Fund

Hedge Funds are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last quarter.

Sold

0-3

Months

0.0

Volume

3-6

Months

10.8K

Volume

6-9

Months

0.0

Volume

0-12

Months

1.8M

Volume

Bought

0-3

0.0

Volume

Months

3-6

581.1K

Volume

Months

6-9

0.0

Volume

Months

0-12

5.2M

Volume

Months

Congress Trading

Congress are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last month.

Sold

0-3

Months

0.0

USD

3-6

Months

0.0

USD

6-9

Months

0.0

USD

0-12

Months

0.0

USD

Bought

0-3

0.0

USD

Months

3-6

0.0

USD

Months

6-9

0.0

USD

Months

0-12

0.0

USD

Months

Insider

Insiders are Neutral. There are no significant trading trends over the last month.

Sold

0-3

Months

2.8M

USD

3-6

Months

1.6M

USD

6-9

Months

1.8M

USD

0-12

Months

169.0K

USD

Bought

0-3

0.0

USD

Months

3-6

0.0

USD

Months

6-9

0.0

USD

Months

0-12

0.0

USD

Months

WCN News & Events

Events Timeline

2025-04-24 (ET)

2025-04-24

08:48:44

Waste Connections reiterates 2025 outlook for revenue, adjusted EBITDA, FCF

2025-04-24

08:46:52

Waste Connections sees Q2 revenue $2.375B-$2.4B, consensus $2.41B

2025-04-24

08:33:16

Waste Connections says 'extremely pleased' with start to 2025

News

8.5

05-28Newsfilter

PinnedWASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $500 MILLION OF SENIOR NOTES

8.5

05-28NASDAQ.COM

PinnedWaste Connections Plans Senior Notes Offering To Repay Credit Facility Borrowings

8.5

05-28PRnewswire

PinnedWaste Connections Announces Senior Notes Offering

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