WCNWaste Connections, Inc.

$186.53+9.7% 1Y
Latest close: a new 52-week highOct 23, 2026what changed →

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).

3 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Overbought (RSI 87). Price is +14% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction−$1.4M (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).

Short interest1.6% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Lightly shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Up 15% since the previous count, up from 1.2% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How WCN is trading

Waste Connections, Inc. is +9.7% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 6.3 points behind the market.

+9.7%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+14%

vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend

RSI (14)
87

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
0.00%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$149.02 – $198.43 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$186.53
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+20%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+9.7%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+51%
vs 50-day average$161.72
+15%
52-week high
$186.53
52-week low
$149.02
Annualised volatility
22%
Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$3.3M
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+6.8%
2025+2.7%
2024+16%
2023+13%
2022−2.0%
2021+34%
2020+14%
2019+23%
2018+5.3%
2017+36%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan107 of 10+1.7%
Feb106 of 10+2.1%
Mar108 of 10+1.8%
Apr108 of 10+2.7%
May106 of 10+0.73%
Jun105 of 10+1.4%
Jul118 of 11+2.5%
Aug117 of 11+1.2%
Sep114 of 11−1.5%
Oct115 of 11+1.0%
Nov107 of 10+3.2%
Dec105 of 10−0.78%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.