Closing Bell: Waste Connections Inc up on Tuesday (WCN)

In today's trading, shares of Waste Connections Inc opened at $246.56 and closed at $249.27. Intraday prices ranged from $246.56 to $249.55.

The price raised 1.25 percent from the previous day's close of $246.19.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.34% at 22751.68, the S&P 500 closed 0.28% at 5631.22, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.53% at 40211.72 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.40% at 18472.57.

Waste Connections Inc traded under WCN on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 117,535 on 969 total trades, while having an average volume of 208,321 over 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 4,226 price advancers against 1,023 declines and 82 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, WCN.TO has traded as high as $249.55 (July 16,2024) and low as $174.74 (October 26,2023). Moreover, the shares have advanced 33.29 percent in 52 weeks, while they have jumped 25.98% year-to-date.

Following today's trading, Waste Connections Inc has a market capitalization of $63.37 billion on a float of 257,964 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.07.

Waste Connections Inc is a TSX Waste Management company headquartered in Vaughan, CAN.

Currently, Waste Connections Inc has an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" based on 18.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 14 buy ratings and 4 hold ratings for the stock.

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