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This summary was created by AI, based on 6 opinions in the last 12 months.

Waste Connections (WCN-T) is a well-executed company with a defensive business model that works in any business cycle. It has a consistent and important role in waste management, with room for growth in volumes and margin expansion. The company has a great balance sheet, tons of free cashflow, and operates in uncontested markets. Overall, Waste Connections is seen as a great business that has grown through fruitful acquisitions, with a bright future ahead.

Consensus
Positive
Valuation
Fair Value
BUY
Waste Connections

The really great companies that execute well continue to do this in a bull market. This company continues to execute well and is at an all time high.

Transportation & Environmental Services
TOP PICK
Waste Connections

Defensive. Their business model works in any business cycle, including a downturn. They have contracts with energy companies, which may suffer a bit, but garbage needs to be collected consistently. They run an efficient business and make accretive buys of companies. Has long owned this.

(Analysts’ price target is $211.10)
Transportation & Environmental Services
WAIT
Waste Connections

The question was on comparing WSP Global and Waste Connections. The companies are very different. WCN is in the waste management business and WSP Global is more on the engineering side. Waste management is an important field and a consistent business. WCN traditionally has had an expensive valuation. Both are good companies. Hold or wait to buy.

Transportation & Environmental Services
STRONG BUY
Waste Connections

Loves it. There's room for growth in volumes as well as margin expansion.

Transportation & Environmental Services
HOLD
Waste Connections

Has done well. Classified as an industrial, but it doesn't have cyclicality. Pricing power and acquisitions drive the long-term growth. Operate in a lot of uncontested markets. Should continue growing at high single-digit pace. Zero product obsolescence. Sold, and high-graded his portfolio to WM instead. Both are good.

Transportation & Environmental Services
BUY
Waste Connections

Great business that's grown by acquisition, which has been fruitful. Balance sheet in great shape, tons of free cashflow, inflation-protected contracts. Core position. Great management team. Expects more deals.

Transportation & Environmental Services
PAST TOP PICK
Waste Connections
(A Top Pick Mar 03/22, Up 8%)

It is in the waste collection business - a very defensive place to be. A lot of contracts are tied to the CPI so revenues are bumped up and it can raise prices. Has owned for a long time and will buy more.

Transportation & Environmental Services
PAST TOP PICK
Waste Connections
(A Top Pick Feb 03/21, Up 51%) Another good chart that will add to. Very good chart (trending upwards). Excellent business model.
Transportation & Environmental Services
SELL
Waste Connections
Not cheap. In difficult economic environments, investors sometimes trade up to one best-in-class name in a sector. He sold WCN in favour of WM, which is bigger, more profitable, stronger credit rating. WN is a better quality business at a less demanding multiple. All waste management takes on debt to finance acquisitions.
Transportation & Environmental Services
TOP PICK
Waste Connections
Management sees great opportunities ahead. Wants to make more renewable landfill gas sites. Benefits from higher oil prices. Defensive, safe. Excellent management, clean balance sheet. He expects double-digit revenue growth for many years. Also a reopening play. The dual listing is a gift to Canadian investors. (Analysts’ price target is $178.80)
Transportation & Environmental Services
PAST TOP PICK
Waste Connections
(A Top Pick Feb 04/21, Up 27%) Best in class in the world from track record in M&A, pricing power, marketing, and growth profile. Resilient demand and pricing power in face of interest rate hikes and situation in Ukraine. Deserves its premium. He's buying on pullbacks.
Transportation & Environmental Services
DON'T BUY
Waste Connections
Waste management is not a growth story. The industry tends to grow by consolidation. As economic activity picks up, so will the waste business.
Transportation & Environmental Services
DON'T BUY
Waste Connections
Dividend growth? Hoping for growth in the dividend, but it hasn't grown the way he'd like. Fuel and labour costs are increasing. Stable, well run. High multiple and low yield, which is a caution signal, but money keeps flowing in. A basic need, but price is too high for the return. Yield is 0.6%.
Transportation & Environmental Services
DON'T BUY
Waste Connections

WCN vs. WM Fell last year, and now is picking up steam. It's more of a utility industrial than a cyclical. If you want cyclical, look at CAT or other industrial names. 28x forward earnings for 11% growth, so a bit rich for him. Fundamentally, a great business. WM has a better valuation than WCN and growth is about the same. To choose, he'd pick the larger one, which is WM.

Transportation & Environmental Services
BUY
Waste Connections
Allan Tong’s Discover Picks Of course, nobody knew that a once-in-a-century pandemic would trigger that recession, but WCN survived the pandemic to emerge with a 21.1% gain since my original pick. This figure excludes the dividend, which currently pays 0.67%, and it beats the TSX by 5%. Read Looking back after 100 weeks of Hot TSX Stocks: BAM, Rails, Garbage for our full analysis.
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Waste Connections(WCN-T) Rating

Ranking : 3 out of 5

Bullish - Buy Signals / Votes : 3

Neutral - Hold Signals / Votes : 1

Bearish - Sell Signals / Votes : 0

Total Signals / Votes : 4

Stockchase rating for Waste Connections is calculated according to the stock experts' signals. A high score means experts mostly recommend to buy the stock while a low score means experts mostly recommend to sell the stock.

Waste Connections(WCN-T) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Waste Connections stock symbol?

Waste Connections is a Canadian stock, trading under the symbol WCN-T on the Toronto Stock Exchange (WCN-CT). It is usually referred to as TSX:WCN or WCN-T

Is Waste Connections a buy or a sell?

In the last year, 4 stock analysts published opinions about WCN-T. 3 analysts recommended to BUY the stock. 0 analysts recommended to SELL the stock. The latest stock analyst recommendation is . Read the latest stock experts' ratings for Waste Connections.

Is Waste Connections a good investment or a top pick?

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Is Waste Connections worth watching?

4 stock analysts on Stockchase covered Waste Connections In the last year. It is a trending stock that is worth watching.

What is Waste Connections stock price?

On 2024-03-18, Waste Connections (WCN-T) stock closed at a price of $232.46.