On Tuesday, Waste Connections Inc (NYSE: WCN) was 0.68% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $195.19. A 52-week range for WCN has been $160.34 – $195.64.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 10.74%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 9.63%. With a float of $257.40 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $258.02 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 23854 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.65%, operating margin of 12.24%, and the pretax margin is 8.55%.
Waste Connections Inc (WCN) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Waste Connections Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Waste Connections Inc is 0.26%, while institutional ownership is 90.96%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 10 ’25, was worth 2,554,478. In this transaction EVP & COO of this company sold 13,566 shares at a rate of $188.30, taking the stock ownership to the 95,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 10 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 13,566 for $188.30, making the entire transaction worth $2,554,478.
Waste Connections Inc (WCN) Recent Fiscal highlights
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.63% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 12.61% during the next five years compared to 2.13% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Waste Connections Inc (NYSE: WCN) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Waste Connections Inc (WCN) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.62. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.69. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 44.14.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.39, a number that is poised to hit 1.08 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.01 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Waste Connections Inc (WCN)
Looking closely at Waste Connections Inc (NYSE: WCN), its last 5-days average volume was 0.89 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.98 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 86.85%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.86.
During the past 100 days, Waste Connections Inc’s (WCN) raw stochastic average was set at 95.68%, which indicates a significant increase from 92.56% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 11.85% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 15.86% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $187.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $182.08. However, in the short run, Waste Connections Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $198.21. Second resistance stands at $199.91. The third major resistance level sits at $202.08. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $194.33, it is likely to go to the next support level at $192.16. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $190.46.
Waste Connections Inc (NYSE: WCN) Key Stats
There are 258,361K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 50.72 billion. As of now, sales total 8,920 M while income totals 617,570 K. Its latest quarter income was 2,260 M while its last quarter net income were -196,000 K.
