Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery 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 stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well’s operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
M&A-Driven Growth | Waste Connections' aggressive acquisition strategy fuels impressive revenue growth, with $500 million in annualized revenues from recent acquisitions |
Financial Resilience | Explore how Waste Connections surpassed projections, leading to upward revisions in 2024 guidance and positive analyst outlooks |
Navigating Headwinds | Learn about the company's strategies to overcome industry challenges, including sluggish volumes and construction slowdowns |
Future Prospects | Delve into Waste Connections' environmental initiatives and operational efficiency improvements, with analyst price targets around $198-$199 |
Metrics to compare | WCN | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Industrials sector companies | Relationship RelationshipWCNPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 75.8x | 19.2x | 12.5x | |
PEG Ratio | −3.64 | 0.62 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 5.9x | 2.6x | 1.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 5.3x | 0.7x | 1.2x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 16.4% | 0.0% | 14.4% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 26.0% | 5.9% | Unlock |