How to buy Waste Connections (WCN) stocks

Waste Connections is a waste management business based in Canada. Waste Connections shares (WCN) are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and all prices are listed in Canadian Dollars.

Its last market close was C$250.47 – a decrease of 2.16% over the previous week. Waste Connections employs 22,539 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around C$8.7 billion.

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Waste Connections stock price (Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX): WCN)

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Waste Connections stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	C$250.47
52-week range	C$193.78 - C$273.51
50-day moving average more info button	C$257.08
200-day moving average more info button	C$241.99
Wall St. target price	C$260.96
PE ratio more info button	48.3142
Dividend yield more info button	C$1.14 (0.7%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	C$5.22

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Waste Connections price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of C$250.58 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.12%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-5.09%
3 months (2024-09-20)	3.12%
6 months (2024-06-21)	4.77%

1 year (2023-12-21)	28.04%
2 years (2022-12-21)	38.77%
3 years (2021-12-21)	52.54%
5 years (2019-12-20)	115.90%

Is Waste Connections stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Waste Connections stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Waste Connections's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Waste Connections's P/E ratio

Waste Connections's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 48x. In other words, Waste Connections shares trade at around 48x recent earnings.

Waste Connections's PEG ratio

Waste Connections's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.0888. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Waste Connections's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Waste Connections's EBITDA

Waste Connections's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$2.6 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Waste Connections's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Waste Connections financials

Revenue TTM	C$8.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	20.76%
Gross profit TTM	C$2.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.07%
Return on equity TTM	11.85%
Profit margin	10.82%
Book value	C$32.02
Market Capitalization more info button	C$65.1 billion
EBITDA more info button	C$2.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Waste Connections stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 18.04% of net profits

Recently Waste Connections has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Waste Connections shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Waste Connections's case, that would currently equate to about C$1.14 per share.

While Waste Connections's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Waste Connections is investing more in its future growth.

Waste Connections's most recent dividend payout was on 20 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 6 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Waste Connections's stocks ever split?

Waste Connections's stocks were split on a 3:2 basis on 18 June 2017 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Waste Connections stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Waste Connections stocks, which in turn could have impacted Waste Connections's stock price.

Waste Connections stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Waste Connections's stocks have ranged in value from as little as C$193.7796 up to C$273.51. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (TO average) beta is 1, while Waste Connections's is 0.72. This would suggest that Waste Connections's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Waste Connections overview

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Waste Connections is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.201% of Waste Connections stocks are held by insiders and 90.181% by institutions. How many people work for Waste Connections?
Latest data suggests 22,539 work at Waste Connections. When does the fiscal year end for Waste Connections?
Waste Connections's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Waste Connections based?
Waste Connections's address is: 6220 Highway 7, Woodbridge, ON, Canada, L4H 4G3 What is Waste Connections's ISIN number?
Waste Connections's international securities identification number is: CA94106B1013

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