Stock Research: Waste Connections

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Waste Connections

NYSE:WCN CA94106B1013
34
  • Value
    88
  • Growth
    35
  • Safety
    Safety
    7
  • Combined
    34
  • Sentiment
    51
  • 360° View
    360° View
    34
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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 34 (better than 34% 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 half below and half above average for Waste Connections. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 51, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 51% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 88 or better than 88% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 7, meaning that the share price of Waste Connections is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 35. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
7 7 6 9
Growth
35 75 71 59
Safety
Safety
88 82 83 91
Sentiment
51 29 96 73
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34 55 94 73
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
76 35 55 72
Opinions Change
50 14 82 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 29 71 15
Market Pulse
48 74 97 86
Sentiment
51 29 96 73
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
7 7 6 9
Growth
35 75 71 59
Safety Safety
88 82 83 91
Combined
34 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)
8 9 3 8
Price vs. Book (P/B)
14 14 4 16
Dividend Yield
27 33 35 36
Value
7 7 6 9
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
56 73 64 64
Profit Growth
47 74 64 45
Capital Growth
43 36 79 36
Stock Returns
31 45 51 69
Growth
35 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
88 82 83 91

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