Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Waste Connections Inc shares valued at $335,180 were sold by NIELSEN III ROBERT on Dec 10 ’25. At $167.59 per share, NIELSEN III ROBERT sold 2,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,250 shares worth approximately $0.21 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, GUILLET EDWARD E sold 9,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,569,928 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $174.44 each, the insider now holds 14,883 shares.
Before that, GUILLET EDWARD E had added 9,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,573,020, the Director bought Waste Connections Inc shares for $174.78 each.
As published in their initiating research note from BNP Paribas Exane on January 06, 2026, Waste Connections Inc [WCN] has been an Outperform. Analysts at Goldman started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late November. As of November 14, 2025, Wells Fargo has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for WCN. Earlier on November 12, 2025, Bernstein initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for WCN stock.
Analyzing WCN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Waste Connections Inc [NYSE: WCN] rose 1.06% to $164.79. The stock’s lowest price that day was $162.635, but it reached a high of $165.24 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.22%. Over the course of the year, Waste Connections Inc shares have dropped approximately -6.73%.
Is Waste Connections Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Waste Connections Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.79 million shares to 2.98 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.19 million shares. A jump of 26.58% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.11 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.11.
Which companies own the most shares of Waste Connections Inc (WCN)?
In terms of Waste Connections Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 205.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 26.03% from the previous closing price of $163.06. Analysts anticipate Waste Connections Inc stock to reach 220 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 186. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Waste Connections Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 30, 2025, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $221.
