WCN

Waste Connections, Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Industrials DELAYED
Last price
154.62
▲ 0.32 (0.21%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
154.00
Prev close
154.30
Day high
155.88
Day low
154.03
Volume
1.23M
Market cap
$38.90B
P/E (TTM)
37.35
52W range
146.89 – 179.74

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-0.19%
Prior close 154.30
VWAP
154.86
-0.16% from price
Relative volume
2.24×
Unusually busy
Session range
1.22%
154.00 – 155.88
Position in range
33%
Mid range
ATR (14D)
2.67
1.72% of price
Prior day high
154.86
PDH
Prior day low
151.88
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
2.77M
Avg 1.24M

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-0.60% -2.6%
1M
-6.22% -7.4%
3M
-9.88% -14.4%
6M
-5.72% -23.9%
YTD
-11.83% -26.1%
1Y
-11.35% -27.8%
3Y
+15.13% -67.1%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

Free account

5 more panels on WCN open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
—
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
—
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
645.25K
Total on file

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 19, 26
NIELSEN ROBERT III
Officer
SELL 700 $119.00K Direct
Aug 18, 26
RIVARD PHILIP
Officer
SELL 2.50K $416.43K Direct
Aug 13, 26
NETHERTON SUSAN RHEA
Officer
SELL 1.75K $290.50K Direct
Jul 29, 26
NIELSEN ROBERT III
Officer
SELL 300 $51.93K Direct
Jul 28, 26
CLONINGER ROBERT MICHAEL
General Counsel
SELL 2.81K $480.75K Direct
Jun 9, 26
SHEA PATRICK JAMES
General Counsel
STOCK 115 $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
SHEA PATRICK JAMES
General Counsel
SELL 7.50K $1.17M Direct
Jun 5, 26
CRAFT JASON JON
Chief Operating Officer
SELL 1.50K $234.89K Direct
May 14, 26
NIELSEN ROBERT III
Officer
SELL 500 $77.78K Direct
May 13, 26
NIELSEN ROBERT III
Officer
SELL 627 $95.35K Direct
May 12, 26
MITTELSTAEDT RONALD JAMES
Chief Executive Officer
BUY 50.00K $7.61M Direct
Apr 30, 26
HANSEN ERIC O
Chief Technology Officer
SELL 6.00K $988.92K Direct
Apr 27, 26
LITTLE JAMES MICHAEL
Officer
SELL 2.60K $427.17K Direct
Apr 1, 26
FLORNESS DANIEL LARS
Director
— 332 — Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
BLACK MATTHEW STEPHEN
Officer 43.76K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
CHAMBLISS DARRELL W
Officer 92.00K Stock Gift
CRAFT JASON JON
Chief Operating Officer 32.86K Sale
GUILLET EDWARD E
Director 15.17K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
HANSEN ERIC O
Chief Technology Officer 13.35K Sale
LITTLE JAMES MICHAEL
Officer 48.44K Sale
MITTELSTAEDT RONALD JAMES
Chief Executive Officer 301.02K Purchase
NETHERTON SUSAN RHEA
Officer 12.98K Sale
SHEA PATRICK JAMES
General Counsel 19.94K Stock Gift
WHITNEY MARY ANNE G
Chief Financial Officer 62.44K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$38.90B
Enterprise value$48.51B
Revenue (TTM)$9.76B
Gross profit$4.15B
EBITDA$3.12B
Net income$1.06B
EPS (TTM)$4.14
Free cash flow$1.05B
Total cash$100.52M
Total debt$9.64B
Book value / share$31.41
Shares outstanding251.57M
Float251.19M
Short % of float1.56%
Dividend yield0.91%
Beta (5Y)0.48

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E37.35
Forward P/E24.91
PEG ratio1.51
Price / sales—
Price / book4.92
EV / revenue4.97
EV / EBITDA15.53
Gross margin42.53%
Operating margin19.70%
Profit margin10.86%
Return on equity13.03%
Return on assets5.49%
Debt / equity121.68
Current ratio0.66
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $9.47B$8.92B$8.02B$7.21B +6.1%
Operating revenue $9.47B$8.92B$8.02B$7.21B +6.1%
Cost of revenue $5.46B$5.19B$4.74B$4.34B +5.1%
Gross profit $4.01B$3.73B$3.28B$2.88B +7.6%
Selling, general & admin $959.54M$883.45M$799.12M$696.47M +8.6%
Total operating expense $2.19B$2.05B$1.80B$1.62B +7.1%
Operating income $1.82B$1.68B$1.48B$1.26B +8.3%
Net interest income -$322.41M-$315.20M-$265.29M-$196.38M -2.3%
Pre-tax income $1.42B$762.93M$983.50M$1.05B +85.9%
Tax provision $341.36M$146.36M$220.68M$212.96M +133.2%
Net income $1.08B$617.57M$762.80M$835.66M +74.3%
Net income to common $1.08B$617.57M$762.80M$835.66M +74.3%
Basic EPS 4.182.392.963.25 +74.9%
Diluted EPS 4.172.392.953.24 +74.5%
EBIT $1.75B$1.09B$1.26B$1.25B +60.8%
EBITDA $2.98B$2.25B$2.26B$2.17B +32.4%
Basic shares 257.32M257.97M257.55M257.38M -0.2%
Diluted shares 257.98M258.66M258.15M258.04M -0.3%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.36
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
125.00
-19.2% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.4%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
0.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
83
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
30
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
135.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
125.00
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 1.351.50 +10.8%
Mar 2026 1.181.23 +3.9%
Dec 2025 1.271.29 +1.5%
Sep 2025 1.381.44 +4.5%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 1.52 24 $2.60B +5.9%
Next quarter 1.40 24 $2.51B +5.8%
Current year 5.64 27 $10.04B +6.1%
Next year 6.21 27 $10.62B +5.8%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$200.84
High target$220.00
Low target$162.00
Implied upside29.89%
Analyst count25
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy6 / 19
Hold3
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.26%
Held by institutions91.46%
Institutions holding1.21K
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
154.59
+0.02% from price
SMA 20
156.25
-1.04% from price
SMA 50
162.44
-4.81% from price
SMA 100
161.90
-4.50% from price
SMA 200
163.78
-5.59% from price
EMA 12
155.08
-0.30% from price
EMA 26
157.68
-1.94% from price
EMA 50
160.24
-3.51% from price
RSI (14)
39.6
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-2.60
Hist 0.11
ATR (14)
2.67
1.72% of price
Realised vol 30D
14.9%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
161.43
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
151.06
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
162.44 vs 163.78
Trend bias
Below 200
-5.59%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 154.62
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
-0.12
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
-0.07
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
14.9%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-16.5%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-25.5%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
2.67
1.72% of price
Beta (reported)
0.48
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
3.42M
Prior 3.68M
Change vs prior
-7.0%
Shorts covering
% of float
1.56%
Normal
% of shares out
1.36%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
3.6
Liquid
Float
251.19M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

240 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Sep 18, 26 UBS UPGRADE Neutral Buy
Aug 4, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Jul 28, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 24, 26 TD Cowen MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 13, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jul 10, 26 Citigroup MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Apr 28, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Apr 24, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Apr 24, 26 RBC Capital MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Apr 24, 26 BMO Capital MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Apr 10, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Mar 13, 26 Wolfe Research INITIATED — Outperform

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$1.40 / yr
Forward yield0.91%
5-year avg yield0.69%
Payout ratio32.97%
Ex-dividend dateAug 6, 2026
Next pay dateAug 20, 2026
Last split3:2
Split dateJun 19, 2017

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