Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Waste Connections Inc shares valued at $286,680 were sold by Netherton Susan on Jul 29 ’25. At $191.12 per share, Netherton Susan sold 1,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 11,726 shares worth approximately $2.19 million following the completion of this transaction.
Before that, NIELSEN III ROBERT had sold 973 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $190,972, the SR VP Operations traded Waste Connections Inc shares for $196.27 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 973 shares, worth approximately $0.79 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Melius on June 09, 2025, Waste Connections Inc [WCN] has been a Buy. Analysts at Seaport Research Partners started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early May. As of April 03, 2025, William Blair has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for WCN. Earlier on October 04, 2024, Scotiabank initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Sector perform” for WCN stock.
Analyzing WCN Stock Performance
On last trading session, Waste Connections Inc [NYSE: WCN] plunged -1.33% to $186.67. The stock’s lowest price that day was $186.33, but it reached a high of $190.725 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.83%. Over the course of the year, Waste Connections Inc shares have jumped approximately 6.12%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Waste Connections Inc (WCN)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 51.16 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Waste Connections Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Waste Connections Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.17 million shares to 2.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 2.15 million shares. A jump of 7.33% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.85 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.85.
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 220 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.29% from the previous closing price of $189.19. Analysts anticipate Waste Connections Inc stock to reach 221 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 215. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Waste Connections Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
