A share price of Waste Connections Inc [WCN] is currently trading at $176.02, down -0.25%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WCN shares have gain 4.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.38%, 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 November 24, 2025, when Goldman initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $202. On November 12, 2025, Bernstein initiated with an Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $200 on the stock. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $192 as its price target on September 19, 2025. In a note dated May 07, 2025, Seaport Research Partners initiated a Buy rating and provided a target price of $220 on this stock.
Waste Connections Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $163.27 and $201.66. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $202.63 within the next 12 months. Waste Connections Inc [NYSE: WCN] shares were valued at $176.02 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.12% based on the average WCN price forecast.
Analyzing the WCN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Waste Connections Inc [NYSE:WCN] were 9.35B which represents 5.13% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.31% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.1.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 175.41 points at the first support level, and at 174.80 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 177.04, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 178.06.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Waste Connections Inc [NYSE:WCN] is 0.67. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.67 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.06. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.82, the price to book ratio is 5.57 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 73.18.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved NIELSEN III ROBERT, SR VP Operations, that happened on Dec 10 ’25 when 2000.0 shares were sold. Director, GUILLET EDWARD E completed a deal on Oct 28 ’25 to sell 9000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director GUILLET EDWARD E bought 9000.0 shares on Oct 28 ’25.
