Closing Bell: Waste Connections Inc down on Friday (WCN)

In trading today, shares of Waste Connections Inc opened at $249.75 and closed at $247.72. It traded at a low of $246.97 to a high of $249.75.

Share prices eased -0.39 percent from the previous day's close of $248.70.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.16% at 22690.39, the S&P 500 closed -0.78% at 5544.59, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.29% at 40665.02 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.70% at 17871.22.

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

A total of 170,735 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,424. On average, Waste Connections Inc has traded 301,774 shares over 5 days and 242,348 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 1,821 price advancers against 3,352 declines and 121 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, WCN.TO has traded as high as $250.31 (July 17,2024) and low as $174.74 (October 26,2023). Moreover, the shares have boosted 33.55 percent in the last 12 months, while they have soared 25.20% year-to-date.

Following today's trading, Waste Connections Inc has a market capitalization of $63.93 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's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 18 analysts according to Zacks. From those 18 analysts, 14 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.

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