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

In market activity today, shares of Waste Connections Inc opened at $243.68 and closed at $243.85. It traded at a low of $242.87 to a high of $245.36.

Share prices raised 0.31% from the previous day's close of $243.09.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.15% at 22779.57, the S&P 500 closed 1.11% at 5459.10, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.64% at 40589.34 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 1.03% at 17357.88.

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

A total of 158,783 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 1,147. On average, Waste Connections Inc has traded 231,954 shares over the last 5-days and 241,654 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 1,903 price advancers against 3,356 declines and 91 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, WCN.TO has traded as high as $251.99 (July 25,2024) and low as $174.74 (October 26,2023). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Waste Connections Inc's shares have gained 30.28%, while this year, they have boosted 23.24%.

Following today's trading, Waste Connections Inc has a market capitalization of $62.59 billion on a float of 257,980 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.33.

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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