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Waste Connections, Inc. Stock Price

NYSE:WCN Community·US$41.1b Market Cap
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WCN Share Price Performance

US$161.25
-14.96 (-8.49%)
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US$203.92
Fair Value
US$161.25
-14.96 (-8.49%)
20.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
US$203.92
Fair Value
Price US$161.25
AnalystConsensusTarget US$203.92
AnalystHighTarget US$220.00
AnalystLowTarget US$170.89
Mon, 15 Jun 26
Fair ValueUS$203.92
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Fair Value US$203.92 20.9% undervalued intrinsic discount

Analysts Update Price Target as Waste Connections Announces Dividend Increase and Share Repurchases

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Fair Value US$220 26.7% undervalued intrinsic discount

RNG Projects And AI Adoption Will Transform Waste Services Earnings Profile

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Fair Value US$170.89 5.6% undervalued intrinsic discount

AI And Landfill Gas Projects Will Shape A Steady But Limited Future Outlook

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Waste Connections
26.7% undervalued intrinsic discount

RNG Projects And AI Adoption Will Transform Waste Services Earnings Profile

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AI And Landfill Gas Projects Will Shape A Steady But Limited Future Outlook

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Analysts Update Price Target as Waste Connections Announces Dividend Increase and Share Repurchases

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WCN: Share Repurchases And Earnings Resilience Will Support Future Upside

Fair Value: US$220 26.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
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WCN: Earnings Resilience Lawsuit Overhang And Cash Generation Will Shape Fairly Valued Shares

Fair Value: US$170.89 5.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
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WCN: Future Returns Will Rely On Premium P/E And Insider Confidence Signals

Fair Value: US$203.92 20.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
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Snowflake Analysis

Solid track record average dividend payer.

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Waste Connections, Inc. Key Details

US$9.8b

Revenue

US$5.6b

Cost of Revenue

US$4.2b

Gross Profit

US$3.1b

Other Expenses

US$1.1b

Earnings

Last Reported Earnings
Jun 30, 2026
Next Reporting Earnings
n/a
4.21
42.53%
10.86%
117.5%
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About WCN

Founded
1997
Employees
24214
CEO
Ronald Mittelstaedt
WebsiteView website
www.wasteconnections.com

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal 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; develops, owns, and operates projects or the beneficial reuse of landfill gas through landfill network; and intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste created through the initial drilling and completion of an oil or natural gas well, 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. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

Recent WCN News & Updates

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Narrative Update • Aug 22

WCN: Share Repurchases And Earnings Resilience Will Support Future Upside

Analysts have trimmed the fair value estimate for Waste Connections to $220 from $254.62, reflecting updated assumptions for slightly lower revenue growth, a modestly higher discount rate, stronger profit margins, and a lower future P/E, even as recent Street price targets across several firms have generally shifted higher following Q2 results and commentary on earnings resilience and improving cost headwinds. Analyst Commentary Recent Street research on Waste Connections points to generally constructive sentiment on the stock, even as individual firms fine tune their valuation frameworks and earnings models.
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Narrative Update • Aug 08

WCN: Earnings Resilience Lawsuit Overhang And Cash Generation Will Shape Fairly Valued Shares

Analysts have raised the central fair value estimate for Waste Connections from $162.00 to about $170.89. This reflects updated assumptions for slightly higher revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples following recent price target increases across the Street.

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