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Waste Connections Inc (WCN) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for WCN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
WCN+0.2%−0.6%−6.2%−9.9%
Circular Economy & Resource Security+1.0%+1.5%−5.1%—
HALO Growth 100+0.5%+0.7%−4.9%—

Against the index: 1.3 pts behind on the week, 1.3 pts behind on the month; against its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve 1.1 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.19 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How WCN has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.19 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Waste Connections Inc moved 0.19% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 20% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.23 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.16% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.33% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security

Waste collection, recycling tech, critical-mineral upstream. Resource scarcity + ESG mandates re-pricing the take-back loop.

Compared against WCN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Waste Connections Inc

WCN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Waste Connections collects, transfers and disposes of non-hazardous waste across the United States and Canada, serving households, businesses, municipalities and industrial sites. It also runs recycling operations for materials such as cardboard, plastics, glass and metals, and treats waste from oil and gas drilling, including drilling fluids and produced water. The company operates landfills, transfer stations and landfill-gas projects, and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Waste Connections sits in our HALO Growth 100, a growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve — the group tracking waste collection, recycling technology and critical-mineral supply as scarcity and environmental rules reshape how materials are recovered and reused. Its landfills and transfer network are the collection point that feeds the recycling loop this sleeve follows.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with Clean Harbors, Xylem, Freeport-McMoran, Veolia, Tomra Systems, Albemarle, Ivanhoe Mines and MP Materials, grouped for their roles across waste handling, recycling and mineral supply under the same resource-security theme; the market also names Waste Management as a comparable.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score; quality is the strongest module and valuation the weakest, though the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether drilling activity keeps feeding volume into the exploration-and-production waste business, since that segment ties its collection revenue to oil and gas well activity rather than to household waste alone.

Waste Connections Inc (WCN) trades on US exchanges. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.91%, quarterly · last 0.35 USD on 2026-08-06

Dividends and capital return

What WCN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.40 USD per share · a 0.91% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +11.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.26 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.35 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-06
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.28 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.17 USD · 2025: 1.29 USD · 2026: 1.05 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-07

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Waste Connections Inc (WCN)?

Waste Connections Inc trades as WCN on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is WCN in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Waste Connections Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-10-07.

Where does WCN trade against its moving averages?

Death cross: Its 50-day crossed below its 200-day 6 sessions ago — a death cross, the classic trend-turn-lower. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is WCN doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Waste Connections Inc is −6.2% against −4.9% for the HALO Growth 100 — 1.3 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve is −5.1% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Waste Connections Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security), Waste Connections Inc (WCN) sits 16.1% below its 52-week high, 5.1% below its 50-day average; Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (FCX) is 9.5% below, Albemarle Corp (ALB) is 52.8% below, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN.TO) is 39.8% below. Put any of them next to WCN in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Waste Connections Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Waste Connections Inc had a beta of 0.19 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 20% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.16% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Waste Connections Inc do?

Waste Connections collects, transfers and disposes of non-hazardous waste across the United States and Canada, serving households, businesses, municipalities and industrial sites. It also runs recycling operations for materials such as cardboard, plastics, glass and metals, and treats waste from oil and gas drilling, including drilling fluids and produced water. The company operates landfills, transfer stations and landfill-gas projects, and is based in Woodbridge, Canada. Closelooknet's peer group places it with Clean Harbors, Xylem, Freeport-McMoran, Veolia, Tomra Systems, Albemarle, Ivanhoe Mines and MP Materials, grouped for their roles across waste handling, recycling and mineral supply under the same resource-security theme; the market also names Waste Management as a comparable.

Where does Waste Connections Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Waste Connections sits in our HALO Growth 100, a growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve — the group tracking waste collection, recycling technology and critical-mineral supply as scarcity and environmental rules reshape how materials are recovered and reused. Its landfills and transfer network are the collection point that feeds the recycling loop this sleeve follows. It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score; quality is the strongest module and valuation the weakest, though the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Waste Connections Inc pay a dividend?

Waste Connections Inc has paid 1.40 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.91% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.35 USD on 2026-08-06. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WCN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Waste Management. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.