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Waste Connections (WCN.TO)

216.40

+2.33 (1.09%)

as of Jun 5, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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Jun 5, 2026, 12:00 am

This summary was created by AI, based on 14 opinions in the last 12 months.

Waste Connections (WCN-T) is viewed as a solid investment in a stable yet underappreciated sector. Despite showing strong fundamentals, including a predicted 10% earnings growth, the stock is facing challenges with its technical outlook, having a trending lower 200-day moving average and exhibiting a series of lower lows. Analysts have varied insights regarding its valuation, noting that while it's fundamentally sound, it's trading at approximately 27x forward PE, which some consider expensive. The company has a good track record, with disciplined management focusing on acquisitions and safety, but is currently impacted by external factors such as rising fuel costs and a chemical leak incident. Overall, the consensus leans towards a positive long-term outlook for the stock, with some recommending patience or waiting for a pullback for a more favorable entry point.

Consensus

Moderate

Valuation

Overvalued

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TOP PICK

Waste management. Good stable business. Whatever happens in Europe or in equity markets, people still produce garbage. Waste per capita goes up every year. Generates a significant amount of free cash flow and pays 2.5% dividend.

HOLD

52 week low. There’s your bear market. Changed name, thank goodness. Good senior waste management company in North America. It’s over sold. Hang in there.

TOP PICK

Grown aggressively by acquisition. Looks like fairly solid earnings. Some organic growth and some from acquisitions. Well run company that is going to do well.

TOP PICK

Solid waste management, both pick up and disposal. Industry is very fragmented with lots of room for consolidation. Profits are growing and dividends are increasing. Good business model and solid management.

TOP PICK

Waste management. Very defensive. Recession resistant. Very strong track record of growth, both organically and by acquisition.

BUY

A bit of a wedge that it is about to break out of. Bouncing along the 125 day moving average. Each low is less low, so the rounding top doesn’t mean much. Volume is good.

TOP PICK

One of the largest waste management companies in North America. The waste per capita goes up every year. Lot of good industry fundamentals. 2% Dividend. Have trucks and landfills, do commercial and residential. Did a secondary offering last evening to liquidate an acquired company’s stock. This had been an overhang.

TOP PICK

Owned it for years. Has a terrible name. Growing rapidly through acquisitions – 15 in 2010. You buy it for the growth in their business and a growing dividend over time.

TOP PICK

Growth company, third largest solid waste company in North America. Keeps making acquisitions. It’s a fragmented industry where there are always companies you can buy. Well run and you will see dividend growth.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Aug 20/09. Up 69.80%.)

DON'T BUY

Was buying heavily for clients at $10. Not a lot of upside left. Don’t want to raise dividend, but rather want to grow.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick June 10/09. Up 82.63%.) Still a buy.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick June 10/09. Up 63% excluding yield.) Waste disposal. Still a Hold.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick April 3/09. Up 72.4%.) Just sold.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Aug 20/09, Up 25.63%) Still likes it.

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