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

Today during trading, Waste Connections Inc shares opened at $245.54 and closed at $247.95. prices ranged from a low of $244.26 to a high of $248.07.

The price boosted 0.98 percent from the previous day's close of $245.55.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -1.68% at 22723.21, the S&P 500 closed 1.58% at 5522.30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% at 40842.79 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 2.64% at 17599.40.

Waste Connections Inc has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker WCN.

Trading volume was 397,689 on 2,833 total trades, while having an average volume of 231,451 over 5 days.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 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 advanced 30.60 percent, while in 2024, they have boosted 25.32%.

Following today's trading, Waste Connections Inc has a market capitalization of $63.55 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 has an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" based on 18.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 18 analysts, 14 have buy ratings and 4 analysts gave hold ratings.

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