Waste Connections Inc (WCN) — Titan Protect Analysis

WCN

Waste Connections Inc

Industrials · ·

$155.22

Data: 2026-06-03

✓ ETHICAL PASS

NARROW MOAT

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Data Confidence: 0.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$38.3B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

36.80

Expensive — high growth expected

Forward P/E

24.42

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+6.4%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

11.0%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

13.1%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$205.00

+32% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

STRONG_BUY

Consensus view from 25 analysts covering this stock

About Waste Connections Inc

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer statio

https://www.wasteconnections.com

Country: Canada Employees: 24,214 Industry: Waste Management

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

0.0% PENDING

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

0.0% PENDING

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

0.0% PENDING

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.0% PENDING

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

DISTRIBUTION

Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution

Sharpe Ratio

-0.103

Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge

Kelly Fraction

-0.0095

No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out

Calmar Ratio

-0.155

Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile

Annual Return

-3.9%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-24.9%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

BEAR

Statistical model detects bearish conditions

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.54

Less volatile than the market — more defensive

52W High

$193.62

20% below the year high

52W Low

$146.89

6% above the year low

Avg Volume

1,500,598

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

1.1

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

N/A

Div Yield

94.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$4.10

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

117.10

Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline

Current Ratio

N/A

Quick Ratio

N/A

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

42.5%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

18.8%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$1.1B

Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends

Revenue (TTM)

$9.6B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$1.1B

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$305.00

Target Median

$205.00

Target Low

$156.00

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-06-03

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