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

In trading today, Waste Connections Inc shares closed at $249.78 after opening the day at $249.00. It traded at a low of $248.31 to a high of $249.98.

Share prices boosted 0.83% from the previous day's close of $247.72.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.80% at 22872.65, the S&P 500 closed -0.71% at 5505.00, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.93% at 40287.53 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.81% at 17726.94.

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

Trading volume was 192,982 on 1,528 total trades, with an average volume of 255,427 over the last 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,734 price advancers against 1,480 declines and 101 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 30.67 percent in the last year, while they have boosted 26.24% year-to-date.

Following today's trading, Waste Connections Inc has a market capitalization of $63.76 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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