Waste Connections (WCN) – Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Waste Connections (NYSE: WCN) in the last few weeks:

• 11/10/2026 – Waste Connections was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 10/27/2026 – Waste Connections had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group. They now have a $215.00 price target on the stock, up from $200.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. They now have a $207.00 price target on the stock, up from $184.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Scotiabank. They now have a $201.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen. They now have a $215.00 price target on the stock, up from $210.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by BMO Capital Markets. They now have a $206.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock, up from $195.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Oppenheimer. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock, up from $193.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $221.00 price target on the stock, up from $218.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup. They now have a $192.00 price target on the stock, up from $175.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by Barclays. They now have a $189.00 price target on the stock, up from $187.00.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its price target raised by Deutsche Bank from $191.00 to $205.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $187.00 to $211.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – Waste Connections had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $193.00 to $201.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Waste Connections had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by The Goldman Sachs Group. They now have a $205.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/15/2026 – Waste Connections was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 10/15/2026 – Waste Connections was given a new $193.00 price target by Scotiabank.
• 10/15/2026 – Waste Connections had its price target lowered by Citigroup from $182.00 to $175.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – Waste Connections had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $205.00 to $195.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/9/2026 – Waste Connections was given a new $189.00 price target by Raymond James Financial.
• 10/8/2026 – Waste Connections was given a new $184.00 price target by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. They now have an “outperformer” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2026 – Waste Connections had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $195.00 to $180.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/18/2026 – Waste Connections was upgraded by UBS Group from “neutral” to “buy”. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock, up from $176.00.
• 9/15/2026 – Waste Connections is now covered by Wolfe Research. They set an “outperform” rating and a $204.00 price target on the stock.

Waste Connections Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of WCN stock opened at $193.76 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $167.67 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $164.56. Waste Connections, Inc. has a 1 year low of $146.89 and a 1 year high of $195.39. The company has a market cap of $48.37 billion, a PE ratio of 43.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 0.67 and a quick ratio of 0.67.

Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 21st. The business services provider reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.60 billion. Waste Connections had a net margin of 11.40% and a return on equity of 17.76%. Waste Connections’s revenue was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts predict that Waste Connections, Inc. will post 5.70 earnings per share for the current year.

Waste Connections Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 5th will be given a dividend of $0.3850 per share. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. This is a boost from Waste Connections’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 5th. Waste Connections’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.45%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Waste Connections news, VP James Little sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.22, for a total value of $370,440.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 32,395 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,000,201.90. The trade was a 5.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Derek Tan sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $186.77, for a total transaction of $186,770.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 404 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $75,455.08. This trade represents a 71.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 16,500 shares of company stock worth $2,960,235. Insiders own 0.27% of the company’s stock.

Waste Connections, Inc. is a North American provider of non-hazardous solid waste services. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers, with operations across the United States and Canada, particularly in secondary markets and rural communities. Its services include waste collection, transfer and disposal, as well as recycling and resource recovery. In select regions, Waste Connections also provides treatment, recovery and disposal services for waste generated by oil and gas exploration and production.