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title: "WCN.TO stock: Waste Connections, Inc. price, chart, valuation | ANALITICA}"
description: "Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN.TO): Up 17.8% over the past year; the S&P/TSX Composite rose 20.0%. P/E 44.6 — lower than 14% of Industrials peers (80 companies)."
canonical: https://analiti.ca/t/WCN.TO/
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# Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN.TO)

TSX: WCN · TSX · Industrials

Last close 276.15 (Nov 12, 2026), +2.23 (+0.8%). Market cap $69.09B.
52-week range 205.74 to 276.15.

## At a glance

- Up 17.8% over the past year; the S&P/TSX Composite rose 20.0%.
- P/E 44.6 — lower than 14% of Industrials peers (80 companies).
- Market cap $69.09B; average daily dollar volume $92.3M over the past 3 months — High liquidity.
- Pays a 0.80% trailing dividend yield (as of 2026-11-12).
- No published plan for this ticker.
- 1-year volatility 25.3% (annualized); largest fall from a peak over the past year -17.3%.

## Performance

| Period | Stock | Sector fund | Composite | Difference vs Composite |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1W | +3.0% | — | +1.8% | +1.2% |
| 1M | +26.6% | — | +2.8% | +23.8% |
| 3M | +19.8% | — | -0.1% | +19.8% |
| 6M | +32.6% | — | +9.4% | +23.1% |
| YTD | +14.7% | — | +16.1% | -1.4% |
| 1Y | +17.8% | — | +20.0% | -2.3% |
| 3Y | +15.3% | — | +22.0% | -6.7% |
| 5Y | +10.2% | — | +10.5% | -0.3% |

3Y and 5Y are annualized. The Composite is proxied by XIU.TO.

## Risk and trading

- 1-year volatility (annualized): +25.3%
- Largest fall from a peak (1Y): -17.3% (Nov 25, 2025 to May 29, 2026)
- Beta (2Y weekly, vs Composite): 0.30
- Average daily volume (3M): 391,080
- Average daily dollar volume (3M): $92.3M
- Liquidity: High (High: $1M or more a day; Moderate: $100K or more; Low: under $100K.)

## Valuation

Valuation multiples are from the Nov 12, 2026 snapshot.

| Multiple | Value | Against sector peers |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| P/E (TTM) | 44.6 | Lower than 14% of peers (80 companies; median 25.5) |
| Earnings yield | 2.24% | — |
| P/B | 6.24 | Lower than 14% of peers (83 companies; median 2.7) |
| P/S | — | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.3 | Lower than 14% of peers (63 companies; median 13.7) |
| Dividend yield | 0.80% | — |
| Payout ratio | — | — |

## Financials

Reporting currency: USD.

|  | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Revenue | $7.21B | $8.02B | $8.92B | $9.47B | $9.76B |
| Gross margin | 39.9% | 40.9% | 41.8% | 42.4% | — |
| Net income | $835.7M | $762.8M | $617.6M | $1.08B | $1.06B |
| Free cash flow | $1.11B | $1.19B | $1.17B | $1.22B | $1.17B |
| Diluted shares | 257,145,716 | 257,600,479 | 258,019,389 | 255,614,663 | — |

## Dividends and splits

Trailing dividend yield: 0.80% (snapshot Nov 12, 2026). Dividend history is not stored yet.

- No splits on record.

## Ownership and dilution

- Insider buys (90 days): 0
- Insider sells (90 days): 2
- Shares outstanding change (1Y): -0.9%
- Shares outstanding change (3Y): -0.6%
- Held by insiders: 0.26%
- Held by institutions: 91.72%

## Peers

- [SPCX.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/SPCX.TO/): 23.22, 1Y —, market cap $2627.94B, P/E 580.5, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +79.8%
- [GE.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/GE.TO/): 42.76, 1Y —, market cap $458.75B, P/E 38.2, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +35.9%
- [CATR.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/CATR.TO/): 42.98, 1Y —, market cap $362.68B, P/E 24.0, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +44.1%
- [RTX.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/RTX.TO/): 45.41, 1Y —, market cap $349.60B, P/E 32.7, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +27.3%
- [SMNS.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/SMNS.TO/): 33.62, 1Y +12.3%, market cap $319.69B, P/E 27.3, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +36.6%
- [GEV.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/GEV.TO/): 54.66, 1Y —, market cap $289.16B, P/E 21.6, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +52.5%
- [UNP.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/UNP.TO/): 30.57, 1Y —, market cap $242.04B, P/E 24.3, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +23.8%
- [DEER.TO](https://analiti.ca/t/DEER.TO/): 34.64, 1Y —, market cap $240.08B, P/E 37.7, EV/EBITDA —, dividend yield —, 1Y volatility +33.9%

## analiti.ca history

No published plans for this ticker.


Superstock score: none published. Sector condition: Industrials — Weakening (as of Nov 5, 2026).

## Key dates

- Next earnings: not available — no company release or exchange notice in the stored data
- Last earnings: not available
- Next ex-dividend: not available

## Sources and data notes

- prices, chart, performance, risk: daily_prices (Yahoo) (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- valuation, market cap, ownership: yahoo_key_stats snapshot (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- financials: financials (Yahoo) (as of Jun 30, 2026)
- plans, resolutions: published entries-*.json + track-record.json (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- insiders: insider_trades (SEDI filings) (as of Nov 12, 2026)
- splits: Split inventory (interim table) (as of Nov 5, 2026)
- sector condition: conditions-2026-11-05.json (as of Nov 5, 2026)
- Superstock score: superstock_checks + superstock.json (as of Nov 12, 2026)

Not available rules: a field older than its freshness limit shows "not available", never a stale number — prices, 3 trading days; fundamentals, 120 days after the fiscal period end plus 45 days.

Data file: https://analiti.ca/data/t/WCN.TO.json

Facts and published history only. Plans are generated by a quant model.