Waste Connections - WCN Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Consensus Price Target: $178.87
Forecasted Upside: 8.39%
Number of Analysts: 16
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
5 Hold Ratings
10 Buy Ratings
1 Strong Buy Ratings

^$165.02 As of 04/19/2024 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.66 (0.40%)

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Analyst Price Target for WCN

^$178.87

▲ +8.39% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 16 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Waste Connections in the last 3 months. The average price target is $178.87, with a high forecast of $217.00 and a low forecast of $152.00. The average price target represents a 8.39% upside from the last price of $165.02.

Current Consensus is Moderate Buy

The current consensus among 16 contributing investment analysts is to moderate buy stock in Waste Connections. This Moderate Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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1 strong buy ratings
10 buy ratings
5 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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10/27/2022

1 strong buy ratings
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1/25/2023

1 strong buy ratings
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4/25/2023

1 strong buy ratings
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7/24/2023

1 strong buy ratings
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10/22/2023

1 strong buy ratings
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1/20/2024

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3/20/2024

1 strong buy ratings
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4/19/2024

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
4/8/2024	Royal Bank of Canada	Initiated Coverage	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$182.00 ➝ $196.00	Low
3/18/2024	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$170.00 ➝ $180.00	Low
3/18/2024	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$195.00 ➝ $217.00	Low
2/29/2024	UBS Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$170.00 ➝ $181.00	Low
2/15/2024	CIBC	Boost Target	Buy	$175.00 ➝ $195.00	Low
2/15/2024	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy	$175.00 ➝ $180.00	Low
2/15/2024	Scotiabank	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$146.50 ➝ $179.00	Low
2/15/2024	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$170.00 ➝ $185.00	Low
2/15/2024	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$166.00 ➝ $178.00	Low
2/15/2024	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$153.00 ➝ $175.00	Low
2/15/2024	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$169.00 ➝ $182.00	Low
2/14/2024	Atb Cap Markets	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform		Low
1/25/2024	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$170.00 ➝ $175.00	Low
1/23/2024	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$164.00 ➝ $169.00	Low
1/18/2024	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$136.00 ➝ $163.00	Low
1/12/2024	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$154.00 ➝ $155.00	Low
12/19/2023	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$168.00 ➝ $175.00	Low
12/18/2023	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$146.00 ➝ $154.00	Low
12/13/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$160.00 ➝ $170.00	Low
12/4/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$171.00 ➝ $175.00	Low
12/1/2023	Oppenheimer	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$148.00 ➝ $146.00	Low
11/27/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$160.00	Low
11/21/2023	Wolfe Research	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform		Low
10/30/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$164.00	Low
10/17/2023	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$152.00	Low
10/16/2023	Oppenheimer	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$153.00 ➝ $151.00	Low
10/10/2023	Scotiabank	Lower Target		$155.00 ➝ $145.00	Low
10/2/2023	Canaccord Genuity Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$159.00 ➝ $164.00	Low
10/2/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$159.00 ➝ $164.00	Low
10/2/2023	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$168.00	Low
8/4/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$164.00 ➝ $171.00	Low
8/4/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$160.00 ➝ $162.00	Low
8/4/2023	CIBC	Boost Target	Outperform	$155.00 ➝ $156.00	Low
8/4/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$155.00 ➝ $156.00	Low
8/4/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$152.00 ➝ $159.00	Low
8/4/2023	Scotiabank	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$153.00 ➝ $155.00	Low
8/4/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$153.00 ➝ $159.00	Low
8/4/2023	Raymond James	Lower Target	Strong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy	$165.00 ➝ $163.00	Low
7/21/2023	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$161.00 ➝ $165.00	Low
7/19/2023	Citigroup	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$155.00	Low
5/1/2023	Raymond James	Lower Target		$165.00 ➝ $161.00	Low
4/17/2023	Truist Financial	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$160.00	Low
3/30/2023	TD Cowen	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$160.00	Low
2/22/2023	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$152.00 ➝ $154.00	Low
2/17/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$158.00 ➝ $164.00	Low
2/17/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$158.00 ➝ $153.00	Low
2/16/2023	Atb Cap Markets	Upgrade	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform		N/A
1/31/2023	Raymond James	Lower Target	Strong-Buy	$157.00 ➝ $152.00	Low
1/30/2023	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target		$154.00 ➝ $155.00	Low
1/4/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$163.00 ➝ $158.00	Low
11/7/2022	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$149.00 ➝ $157.00	Low
11/4/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$150.00 ➝ $153.00	Low
10/25/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$165.00	Low
10/25/2022	Raymond James	Lower Target	Strong-Buy	$155.00 ➝ $149.00	Low
9/27/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$158.00 ➝ $163.00	Low
8/9/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target		$145.00 ➝ $154.00	Low
8/5/2022	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$146.00 ➝ $155.00	Low
8/4/2022	Atb Cap Markets	Upgrade	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform		Low
8/4/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$147.00 ➝ $152.00	Low
8/4/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$146.00 ➝ $158.00	N/A
8/4/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$143.00 ➝ $151.00	Low
7/20/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$138.00 ➝ $146.00	Low
7/19/2022	Oppenheimer	Set Target		$135.00	Low
6/22/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $138.00	Low
4/22/2022	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$145.00 ➝ $160.00	Medium
4/7/2022	Scotiabank	Downgrade	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$135.00	High
3/1/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Overweight ➝ Overweight		Medium
2/18/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$147.00 ➝ $148.00	Low
2/18/2022	Raymond James	Lower Target	Strong-Buy	$152.00 ➝ $145.00	Medium
2/18/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$149.00 ➝ $142.00	Medium
10/31/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
10/29/2021	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$144.00 ➝ $152.00	High
10/29/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$139.00 ➝ $147.00	High
10/29/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$135.00 ➝ $145.00	High
10/21/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$136.00 ➝ $146.00	Medium
8/6/2021	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$143.00 ➝ $144.00	Low
8/6/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$130.00 ➝ $134.00	Medium
7/26/2021	Raymond James	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy	$136.00 ➝ $124.54	Low
7/21/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$115.00 ➝ $136.00	Low
7/16/2021	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform	$126.00 ➝ $128.00	High
7/13/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$131.00 ➝ $135.00	Low
7/7/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$130.00 ➝ $134.00	Medium
5/3/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$115.00 ➝ $130.00	Medium
4/30/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$113.00 ➝ $129.00	Low
4/30/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$120.00 ➝ $131.00	Medium
4/30/2021	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$132.00 ➝ $136.00	Medium
4/12/2021	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$120.00 ➝ $132.00	Low
4/7/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$124.00	Medium
3/29/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$118.00 ➝ $120.00	Low
2/19/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Outperform	$116.00 ➝ $113.00	Low
1/8/2021	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$118.00 ➝ $120.00	Low
1/6/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$119.00 ➝ $120.00	N/A
12/9/2020	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$115.00 ➝ $118.00	Medium
10/30/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$122.00 ➝ $124.00	Low
10/30/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$120.00 ➝ $119.00	Low
10/30/2020	Raymond James	Lower Target	Strong-Buy	$116.00 ➝ $115.00	Low
10/13/2020	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$120.00	Low
9/23/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$103.00 ➝ $108.00	Medium
9/17/2020	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
8/10/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$109.00 ➝ $112.00	Low
8/10/2020	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$114.00 ➝ $116.00	Low
8/10/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$106.00 ➝ $118.00	Medium
8/10/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Target	Buy	$110.00 ➝ $115.00	Medium
8/7/2020	UBS Group	Boost Target	Buy	$108.00 ➝ $116.00	Medium
7/29/2020	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$106.00 ➝ $114.00	Low
7/20/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$105.00 ➝ $115.00	Low
7/13/2020	Oppenheimer	Boost Target	Outperform	$98.00 ➝ $100.00	Medium
7/10/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target		$104.00 ➝ $106.00	Low
7/9/2020	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$98.00	High
5/11/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$96.00 ➝ $105.00	Low
5/8/2020	Raymond James	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy	$94.00 ➝ $106.00	Low
5/8/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$98.00 ➝ $106.00	Low
5/7/2020	AltaCorp Capital	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform		Low
5/6/2020	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$96.00	High
5/4/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target	Buy	$116.00 ➝ $96.00	High
4/27/2020	Oppenheimer	Lower Target	Outperform	$107.00 ➝ $96.00	Medium
4/20/2020	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight	$115.00 ➝ $105.00	Medium
4/8/2020	UBS Group	Lower Target	Buy	$156.00 ➝ $146.00	Low
3/31/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$110.00 ➝ $100.00	Low
3/13/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$94.00	High
3/5/2020	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$115.00	Medium
2/28/2020	Oppenheimer	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform		High
2/14/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$100.00 ➝ $111.00	Low
2/14/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$106.00 ➝ $116.00	Medium
2/14/2020	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$109.00 ➝ $117.00	Medium
2/14/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$106.00 ➝ $115.00	Medium
2/13/2020	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$98.00 ➝ $112.00	Low
1/23/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$96.00 ➝ $98.00	Low
1/17/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$106.00	Low
1/13/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$104.00 ➝ $105.00	Low
12/15/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$100.00	Low
11/27/2019	Jefferies Financial Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$106.00	N/A
11/21/2019	Jefferies Financial Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$106.00 ➝ $106.00	Low
10/22/2019	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$106.00 ➝ $108.00	Medium
10/18/2019	CIBC	Set Target	Buy	$99.00	N/A
9/23/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Set Target	Buy	$105.00	High
9/3/2019	Macquarie	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$100.00	Low
8/7/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$98.00	Medium
7/31/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Set Target	Buy	$105.00	Low
7/31/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Target	Buy	$100.00	Low
7/31/2019	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy	$105.00 ➝ $106.00	High
7/18/2019	CIBC	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
7/18/2019	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
7/15/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$106.00	Low
4/26/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$90.00 ➝ $104.00	Low
4/26/2019	TD Securities	Boost Target	Hold	$88.00 ➝ $94.00	Low
4/26/2019	Raymond James	Boost Target	Strong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy	$102.00 ➝ $105.00	Low
4/26/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$92.00 ➝ $101.00	Low
4/25/2019	AltaCorp Capital	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform		Low
4/25/2019	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$88.00 ➝ $98.00	Medium
4/25/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$88.00 ➝ $105.00	Low
4/23/2019	Scotiabank	Initiated Coverage	Sector Outperform ➝ Outperform	$89.25	Low

(Data available from 4/20/2019 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.56 (Buy)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

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9/23/2023

9 very positive mentions
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10/23/2023

4 very positive mentions
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11/22/2023

13 very positive mentions
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12/22/2023

16 very positive mentions
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1/21/2024

20 very positive mentions
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2/20/2024

23 very positive mentions
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3/21/2024

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4/20/2024

Current Sentiment

Recent Stories by Sentiment

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

Today's Range

Now: $165.02

$164.15

$165.53

50 Day Range

MA: $167.84

$154.34

$172.12

52 Week Range

Now: $165.02

$126.12

$173.02

Volume

989,774 shs

Average Volume

588,765 shs

Market Capitalization

$42.58 billion

P/E Ratio

55.75

Dividend Yield

0.69%

Beta

0.66

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Waste Connections?: The following Wall Street research analysts have issued stock ratings on Waste Connections in the last twelve months: Atb Cap Markets, BMO Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., CIBC, Citigroup Inc., Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Raymond James, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, Stifel Nicolaus, StockNews.com, UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo & Company, and Wolfe Research.
View the latest analyst ratings for WCN.
What is the current price target for Waste Connections?: 15 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Waste Connections in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $178.87, suggesting a possible upside of 8.4%. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has the highest price target set, predicting WCN will reach $217.00 in the next twelve months. Wolfe Research has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $152.00 for Waste Connections in the next year.
View the latest price targets for WCN.
What is the current consensus analyst rating for Waste Connections?: Waste Connections currently has 5 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Moderate Buy."
View the latest ratings for WCN.
What other companies compete with Waste Connections?: Other companies that are similar to Waste Connections include United Rentals, Ingersoll Rand, AerCap, Enviri and Perma-Fix Environmental Services. Learn More about companies similar to Waste Connections.
How do I contact Waste Connections' investor relations team?: Waste Connections' physical mailing address is 610 APPLEWOOD CRESCENT SUITE 200, VAUGHAN A6, L4K 0C3. The business services provider's listed phone number is (905) 532-7510 and its investor relations email address is [email protected]. The official website for Waste Connections is www.wasteconnections.com. Learn More about contacing Waste Connections investor relations.

Waste Connections - WCN Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for WCN

Current Consensus is Moderate Buy

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Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

0.56 (Buy)

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What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Waste Connections?

What is the current price target for Waste Connections?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Waste Connections?

What other companies compete with Waste Connections?

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