Waste Connections (WCN.TO) Buy, Sell or Hold

Waste Connections (WCN.TO)

217.03

-0.51 (0.23%)

as of Jun 19, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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TOP PICK

A waste management company that operates in Canada and recently into the US. Good income trust model. Recession resistant. Strong market position. A fair degree of pricing power. Balance sheet is about 1.7 X debt to EBITDA which is low. A healthy payout ratio. Expects another distribution increase this year.

BUY

Relatively recession resistant. Made a lot of tuck-in acquisitions resulting in some increases in distributions. Late last year, made a major US acquisition making them a North American waste management business. Should be more upside.

TOP PICK

(Was a Top Pick Mar 18/05. Down 3%.) Dropped with the other income trusts. A core holding. A recession proof industry. Strong organic growth. In the top 3 in terms of market share. Made 2 good acquisitions in January.

BUY

A core holding for them. Just recently purchased a large waste company in the US and that expansion will continue their internal growth. With the 6/7% yield you will also get a 2/3% growth.

TOP PICK

Waste management is a pretty stable business. Good cash flow generator. Made a big acquisition in the US with a lot of paper in relation to the size of the income trust and the market is just trying to digest that unit issue and that has been keeping the price of the unit down.

TOP PICK

A recession proof industry. Growth is 4% in Canada and 7% in the US. Great marketing strategy. High internalization rate. Recently made some good acquisitions which will give them good leverage. Relatively conservative payout ratio.

BUY

A very experience management team that is not only good at handling non-hazardous waste, but are also good at making acquisitions.

TOP PICK

Garbage is a recession proof business. A very solid company. Company has maximized growth by doing tuck-in acquisitions and by looking for new platform acquisitions.

BUY

Just raised $400 million to acquire IESI and has come under pressure. Good price.

WAIT

A wonderful business. Has some organic growth. Price is dropping because of a large merger they are putting in place with IESI out of Texas and a purchase of Ridge Landfill in Ontario. Both of these moves are going to be very beneficial, however, they will have to sell a great deal of equity in the next month.

BUY

One of the top business trusts in Canada. Has been very good at making tuck-in acquisitions. Just made a big acquisition in the US which is accretive from day one. Needed a big footprint in the US to grow.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Expensive. Expectations that there are a string of applications coming. Should continue to see distribution increases. Low payout ratio.

TRADE

Very strong speculation and reports that they are in the process of making some serious acquisitions which will take the company to a new level.

DON'T BUY

Had very strong second-quarter results. Increased its distribution by 10%. Should continue to grow and make accretive acquisitions. Fully priced.

TOP PICK

Good-quality management team. Relatively low debt. Relatively low payout ratio in. Can grow organically.

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