Waste Connections, Inc.

NYSE
WCN
Stock
Yield per half year: +1.11%
Dividend yield: 0.6273%
Sector: Industrials

Company Analysis Waste Connections, Inc.

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1. Summary

Disadvantages

  • Price (190.67 $) is higher than fair price (34.5 $)
  • Dividends (0.6273%) are below the sector average (1.64%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (2.51%) is lower than the sector average (3.17%).
  • Current debt level 42.35% has increased over 5 years from 33.08%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=7.94%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=24.05%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Waste Connections, Inc. Industrials Index
7 days 0.9% -40.3% 0.6%
90 days -0.6% 0.6% 16.2%
1 year 2.5% 3.2% 10.7%

WCN vs Sector: Waste Connections, Inc. has slightly underperformed the "Industrials" sector by -0.6633% over the past year.

WCN vs Market: Waste Connections, Inc. has significantly underperformed the market by -8.22% over the past year.

Stable price: WCN is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: WCN with weekly volatility of 0.0482% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 71.72
P/S: 4.97

3.2. Revenue

EPS 2.39
ROE 7.94%
ROA 3.27%
ROIC 0%
Ebitda margin 26.79%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (190.67 $) is higher than the fair price (34.5 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (190.67 $) is 81.9% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (71.72) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (33.8).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (71.72) is higher than that of the market as a whole (61.8).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (5.63) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (5.27).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (5.63) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.58).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (4.97) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (3.45).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (4.97) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.97).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (22.02) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (16.93).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (22.02) is higher than that of the market as a whole (18.72).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 40.35% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (40.35%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-6.12%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (7.94%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (24.05%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (7.94%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (42.63%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (3.27%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (7.56%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (3.27%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.26%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (12.43%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (9.17%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (42.35%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 33.08% to 42.35%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 1359.09%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 0.6273% is below the average for the sector '1.64%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 0.6273% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 0.6273% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 7 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (48.94%) are at a comfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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