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Waste Connections Inc (NYSE: WCN) closed the day trading at $178.1 down -4.18% from the previous closing price of $185.87. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.18 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.23 million shares were traded. WCN stock price reached its highest trading level at $185.725 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $177.6.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WCN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 413.73 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 39.75. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.70 and its Current Ratio is at 0.70. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.08.
On May 07, 2025, Seaport Research Partners started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $220.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 23 ’25 when NIELSEN III ROBERT sold 973 shares for $196.27 per share. The transaction valued at 190,972 led to the insider holds 4,250 shares of the business.
CHAMBLISS DARRELL W sold 13,566 shares of WCN for $2,554,478 on Mar 10 ’25. The EVP & COO now owns 95,000 shares after completing the transaction at $188.30 per share. On Mar 10 ’25, another insider, DARRELL CHAMBLISS, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 13,566 shares for $188.30 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WCN now has a Market Capitalization of 46019973120 and an Enterprise Value of 56845451264. As of this moment, Waste’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 73.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 30.14. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.74. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.264 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.219.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WCN is 0.58, which has changed by 0.004795432 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1185931 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WCN has reached a high of $201.66, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $169.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -4.26%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WCN traded about 1.19M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WCN traded about 1160950 shares per day. A total of 258.32M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 257.72M. Insiders hold about 0.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.13% stake in the company. Shares short for WCN as of 1749772800 were 2151760 with a Short Ratio of 1.81, compared to 1747267200 on 1916887. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2151760 and a Short% of Float of 0.9400000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
WCN’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.23, up from 1.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0064561255The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.68. The current Payout Ratio is 49.01% for WCN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-27 with an ex-dividend date of 1746576000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-06-19 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
