Stock Research: Waste Connections

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Waste Connections

TOR:WCN CA94106B1013
46
  • Value
    34
  • Growth
    49
  • Safety
    Safety
    37
  • Combined
    31
  • Sentiment
    81
  • 360° View
    360° View
    46
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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: With an Obermatt 360° View of 46 (better than 46% 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 indicators below average for Waste Connections. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 81, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 81% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 34, which means that the share price of Waste Connections is on the higher 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, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 49% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 37 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 63% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
34 7 6 9
Growth
49 75 71 59
Safety
Safety
37 82 83 91
Sentiment
81 29 96 73
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46 55 94 73
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
78 35 55 72
Opinions Change
50 14 82 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 29 71 15
Market Pulse
69 74 97 86
Sentiment
81 29 96 73
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
34 7 6 9
Growth
49 75 71 59
Safety Safety
37 82 83 91
Combined
31 67 67 63
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
22 9 3 8
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
22 17 12 16
Price vs. Book (P/B)
31 14 4 16
Dividend Yield
69 33 35 36
Value
34 7 6 9
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
36 73 64 64
Profit Growth
86 74 64 45
Capital Growth
47 36 79 36
Stock Returns
27 45 51 69
Growth
49 75 71 59
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
39 64 70 84
Refinancing
22 39 39 59
Liquidity
69 86 82 89
Safety Safety
37 82 83 91

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This is a classic, high-risk growth play: high growth and positive sentiment outweigh low Value Rank (expensive) and risky financing. This is for aggressive growth investors who are comfortable with the high price and risk, believing the growth story justifies the expense.

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