NYSE:WCN - Waste Connections Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $124.80
Forecasted Upside: -0.06 %
Number of Analysts: 12
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
0 Hold Ratings
11 Buy Ratings
1 Strong Buy Ratings

^$124.87 As of 07/28/2021 11:38 AM ET

▲ +0.02 (0.02%)

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Analyst Price Target for WCN

^$124.80

▼ -0.06% Downside Potential

This price target is based on 12 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Waste Connections in the last 3 months. The average price target is $124.80, with a high forecast of $136.00 and a low forecast of $108.00. The average price target represents a -0.06% upside from the last price of $124.87.

Current Consensus is Buy

The current consensus among 12 polled investment analysts is to buy stock in Waste Connections. This Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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1 strong buy ratings
13 buy ratings
2 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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2/3/2020

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5/3/2020

1 strong buy ratings
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8/1/2020

1 strong buy ratings
12 buy ratings
1 hold ratings
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10/30/2020

1 strong buy ratings
12 buy ratings
1 hold ratings
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1/28/2021

1 strong buy ratings
11 buy ratings
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4/28/2021

1 strong buy ratings
11 buy ratings
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6/27/2021

1 strong buy ratings
11 buy ratings
0 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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7/27/2021

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
7/26/2021	Raymond James	Reiterated Rating	Strong-Buy	$136.00 ➝ $124.54	Low
7/21/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$115.00 ➝ $136.00	Low
7/16/2021	Oppenheimer	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$126.00 ➝ $128.00	High
7/13/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$131.00 ➝ $135.00	Low
7/7/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$130.00 ➝ $134.00	Medium
5/3/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$115.00 ➝ $130.00	Medium
4/30/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$113.00 ➝ $129.00	Low
4/30/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$120.00 ➝ $131.00	Medium
4/30/2021	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$132.00 ➝ $136.00	Medium
4/12/2021	Raymond James	Boost Price 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 Price Target	Outperform	$118.00 ➝ $120.00	Low
2/19/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$116.00 ➝ $113.00	Low
1/8/2021	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$118.00 ➝ $120.00	Low
1/6/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$119.00 ➝ $120.00	N/A
12/9/2020	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$115.00 ➝ $118.00	Medium
10/30/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$122.00 ➝ $124.00	Low
10/30/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$120.00 ➝ $119.00	Low
10/30/2020	Raymond James	Lower Price 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 Price Target	Outperform	$109.00 ➝ $112.00	Low
8/10/2020	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$114.00 ➝ $116.00	Low
8/10/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$106.00 ➝ $118.00	Medium
8/10/2020	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Price Target	Buy	$110.00 ➝ $115.00	Medium
8/7/2020	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$108.00 ➝ $116.00	Medium
7/29/2020	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$106.00 ➝ $114.00	Low
7/20/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$105.00 ➝ $115.00	Low
7/13/2020	Oppenheimer	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$98.00 ➝ $100.00	Medium
7/10/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target		$104.00 ➝ $106.00	Low
7/9/2020	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$98.00	High
5/11/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price 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 Price 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 Price Target	Buy	$116.00 ➝ $96.00	High
4/27/2020	Oppenheimer	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$107.00 ➝ $96.00	Medium
4/20/2020	KeyCorp	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$115.00 ➝ $105.00	Medium
4/8/2020	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Buy	$156.00 ➝ $146.00	Low
3/31/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price 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 Price Target	Outperform	$100.00 ➝ $111.00	Low
2/14/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$106.00 ➝ $116.00	Medium
2/14/2020	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$109.00 ➝ $117.00	Medium
2/14/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$106.00 ➝ $115.00	Medium
2/13/2020	Bank of America	Boost Price 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 Price 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 Price Target	Strong-Buy	$106.00 ➝ $108.00	Medium
10/18/2019	CIBC	Set Price Target	Buy	$99.00	N/A
9/23/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Set Price 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 Price Target	Buy	$105.00	Low
7/31/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Price Target	Buy	$100.00	Low
7/31/2019	Raymond James	Boost Price 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 Price Target	Outperform	$106.00	Low
4/26/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$90.00 ➝ $104.00	Low
4/26/2019	TD Securities	Boost Price Target	Hold	$88.00 ➝ $94.00	Low
4/26/2019	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy	$102.00 ➝ $105.00	Low
4/26/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price 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
4/11/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$88.00	Low
4/4/2019	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$96.00 ➝ $100.00	Low
2/15/2019	TD Securities	Boost Price Target	Hold	$87.00 ➝ $88.00	Low
2/15/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$85.00 ➝ $90.00	Medium
2/14/2019	Bank of America	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$80.00 ➝ $88.00	Medium
2/4/2019	KeyCorp	Initiated Coverage	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$94.00	Low
12/4/2018	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Buy	$94.00	Low
11/28/2018	TD Securities	Set Price Target	Hold	$87.00	Low
10/31/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$84.00 ➝ $85.00	Low
10/31/2018	UBS Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$90.00	Low
10/31/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Buy	$86.00 ➝ $88.00	Low
10/31/2018	Oppenheimer	Set Price Target	Buy	$87.00	Medium
7/26/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$82.00 ➝ $84.00	Low
7/26/2018	TD Securities	Boost Price Target	Hold	$79.00 ➝ $83.00	Low
7/26/2018	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$80.00 ➝ $86.00	Low
6/29/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$82.00 ➝ $84.00	Low
5/4/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$80.00 ➝ $82.00	Low
5/4/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Set Price Target	Outperform ➝ Buy	$80.00 ➝ $82.00	Low
4/5/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Buy	$79.00 ➝ $80.00	Low
3/15/2018	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$91.00	Low
2/20/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Outperform		Low
2/16/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Outperform ➝ Buy	$82.00 ➝ $80.00	N/A
1/4/2018	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$85.00	Low
12/28/2017	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$80.00	Low
12/22/2017	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy	$80.00	Low
12/11/2017	BMO Capital Markets	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$79.00	Low
10/31/2017	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Outperform	$75.00 ➝ $82.00	N/A
10/27/2017	Oppenheimer	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$74.00 ➝ $78.00	N/A
10/27/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$76.00 ➝ $80.00	N/A
10/27/2017	TD Securities	Boost Price Target	Hold	$73.00 ➝ $74.00	N/A
10/27/2017	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$78.00	N/A
10/13/2017	KeyCorp	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$72.00 ➝ $75.00	N/A
10/4/2017	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Price Target	Buy	$75.00 ➝ $80.00	High
8/29/2017	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$75.00	Low
8/7/2017	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$70.00 ➝ $76.00	Low
7/27/2017	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$75.00	Low
7/27/2017	Raymond James	Boost Price Target	Strong-Buy	$74.00 ➝ $75.00	Low
7/27/2017	TD Securities	Boost Price Target	Hold	$67.00 ➝ $73.00	Low
7/27/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$74.00 ➝ $76.00	Low
7/26/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$68.00 ➝ $70.00	Low
6/23/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$68.00 ➝ $74.00	Low
6/23/2017	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$64.00 ➝ $70.00	Low
6/23/2017	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$75.00	Low
6/23/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$68.00	Low
6/21/2017	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Price Target	Buy	$66.50 ➝ $75.00	Low
6/19/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Price Target	Outperform	$102.00	Low
4/28/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
4/28/2017	TD Securities	Lower Price Target	Hold	$66.67 ➝ $63.33	High
4/28/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$68.00 ➝ $63.33	High
4/28/2017	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$62.00 ➝ $76.67	Low
3/3/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$62.67	N/A
2/23/2017	Wedbush	Boost Price Target	Positive	$62.00	N/A
2/22/2017	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$56.67 ➝ $62.00	N/A
1/13/2017	Oppenheimer	Set Price Target	Buy	$56.00	N/A
1/6/2017	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$54.67 ➝ $56.00	N/A
1/4/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$60.00	N/A
1/4/2017	Wedbush	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$56.67	N/A
12/19/2016	Stifel Nicolaus	Boost Price Target	Buy	$56.67 ➝ $60.00	N/A
12/9/2016	KeyCorp	Upgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Overweight	$56.67	N/A
11/1/2016	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$60.00	N/A
10/23/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$75.33 ➝ $79.00	N/A
10/21/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$60.00 ➝ $57.33	N/A
8/25/2016	Macquarie	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$59.33	N/A
8/10/2016	TD Securities	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$52.00	N/A
8/9/2016	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$49.33 ➝ $57.33	N/A
8/5/2016	Gabelli	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy		N/A
8/5/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$54.67 ➝ $57.33	N/A
8/5/2016	Oppenheimer	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$50.00 ➝ $54.67	N/A
8/5/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$54.67 ➝ $57.33	N/A
8/5/2016	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$51.33 ➝ $53.33	N/A
8/5/2016	Imperial Capital	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$53.33 ➝ $56.67	N/A

(Data available from 7/28/2016 forward)

Waste Connections, Inc. provides waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through five segments: Southern, Western, Eastern, Canada, Central, and Corporate. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and 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 also 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. As of December 31, 2020, it owned 311 solid waste collection operations; 132 transfer stations; 57 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 13 non-MSW landfills; 68 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. It also operated an additional 53 transfer stations, 9 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Vaughan, Canada.

Today's Range

Now: $124.87

$124.37

$125.03

50 Day Range

MA: $121.24

$118.19

$124.85

52 Week Range

Now: $124.87

$97.02

$125.38

Volume

8,366 shs

Average Volume

917,651 shs

Market Capitalization

$32.53 billion

P/E Ratio

146.91

Dividend Yield

0.27%

Beta

0.71

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: BMO Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Raymond James, Royal Bank of Canada, Stifel Nicolaus, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and UBS Group AG.
View the latest analyst ratings for WCN.

What is the current price target for Waste Connections?

12 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Waste Connections in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $124.80, suggesting a possible downside of 0.1%. KeyCorp has the highest price target set, predicting WCN will reach $136.00 in the next twelve months. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $108.00 for Waste Connections in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for Waste Connections?

Waste Connections currently has 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Buy." A "buy" rating indicates that analysts believe WCN will outperform the market and that investors should add to their positions of Waste Connections.
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What other companies compete with Waste Connections?

Other companies that are similar to Waste Connections include Waste Management, Republic Services, Veolia Environnement, GFL Environmental, Casella Waste Systems, US Ecology, NeXplore, Tele Group, Avalon, Digital Locations, Alanco Technologies, AU Min Africa PTY and China Industrial Waste Management.

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.