Stock Research: Waste Connections

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Waste Connections

NYSE:WCN CA94106B1013
28
  • Value
    86
  • Growth
    49
  • Safety
    Safety
    4
  • Combined
    39
  • Sentiment
    28
  • 360° View
    360° View
    28
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Company Description

Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company providing collection, transfer, and disposal services, resource recovery through recycling and renewable fuels generation, and non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment. It operates in waste collection, disposal, recycling, renewable fuels, and oilfield waste services. Waste Connections serves customers in 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $47493 million, profits of $3728 million, revenue of $8920 million, and 23854 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 28 (better than 28% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Waste Connections are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four metrics below average for Waste Connections. The only rank that is above average is the consolidated Safety Rank at 86, which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than those of 86% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the Value, Growth and Sentiment Ranks are all below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 4, which means that the share price of Waste Connections is on the high side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 49, which implies that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. Finally, the consolidated Sentiment Rank is also low at a rank of 28, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 72% of alternative investment opportunities. While Safety is strong, it’s not the most critical indicator, so we suggest proceeding with caution if you are considering this stock. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
4 7 6 9
Growth
49 75 71 59
Safety
Safety
86 82 83 91
Sentiment
28 29 96 73
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28 55 94 73
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
72 35 55 72
Opinions Change
6 14 82 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 29 71 15
Market Pulse
45 74 97 86
Sentiment
28 29 96 73
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
4 7 6 9
Growth
49 75 71 59
Safety Safety
86 82 83 91
Combined
39 67 67 63
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
16 17 12 16
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
5 9 3 8
Price vs. Book (P/B)
11 14 4 16
Dividend Yield
26 33 35 36
Value
4 7 6 9
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
66 73 64 64
Profit Growth
48 74 64 45
Capital Growth
43 36 79 36
Stock Returns
31 45 51 69
Growth
49 75 71 59
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
72 64 70 84
Refinancing
46 39 39 59
Liquidity
92 86 82 89
Safety Safety
86 82 83 91

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