A share price of Waste Connections Inc [WCN] is currently trading at $196.03, up 1.38%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WCN shares have gain 5.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.75%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Waste Connections Inc [NYSE: WCN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 07, 2025, when Seaport Research Partners initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $220. On October 04, 2024, Scotiabank initiated with a Sector Perform rating and assigned a price target of $196 on the stock. Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating. UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on February 29, 2024, and upped its price target to $181. In a note dated November 27, 2023, Wells Fargo initiated an Overweight rating.
Waste Connections Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $160.34 and $201.66. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $212 within the next 12 months. Waste Connections Inc [NYSE: WCN] shares were valued at $196.03 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.15% based on the average WCN price forecast.
Analyzing the WCN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Waste Connections Inc [NYSE:WCN] were 9.08B which represents 7.50% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.09.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Waste Connections Inc [NYSE:WCN] is 0.70. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.70, while the Cash Ratio is 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.58, the price to book ratio is 6.32 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 80.70.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved CHAMBLISS DARRELL W, EVP & COO, that happened on Mar 10 ’25 when 13566.0 shares were sold. Officer, DARRELL CHAMBLISS completed a deal on Mar 10 ’25 to buy 13566.0 shares. Meanwhile, SR VP Operations PIO DOMENIC sold 10000.0 shares on Mar 03 ’25.
