Waste Connections, Inc.

Stage 4 · Declining · week 4

As of Oct 22, 2026, Waste Connections is in Stage 4, the downtrend phase, now in week 4 (since Sep 30, 2026). It closed at $184.88, at its 52-week high and above its 200-day average, which is falling.

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services in the United States and Canada. More about the company

$184.88

+9.82% today

$46.5B · Large cap

Market Neutral — Building

Pro read

Pro

Our read

Declining, below its long-term trend

Setup score

—

Momentum

Accelerating ⇈

Edge

—

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Stage Cycle Timeline2023-08-16 → 2026-10-22

S2 19w

S2 16w

S4 47w

2023-08-162026-10-22

S1S2S3S4Setup score (0–10, dashed line at 5)

S2 7w → S3 4w → S4 7w → S1 3w → S2 19w → S3 5w → S2 19w → S3 3w → S2 5w → S3 8w → S2 16w → S3 6w → S4 47w → S1 5w → S2 5w → S3 1w → S4 3w current

Total tracked: 164 weeks across 17 stage runs.

WCN among Waste Management6th of 21 by relative strength

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Stocks in Waste Management ranked by relative strength, with stage and one-month change
#	Stock	Stage	RS	1M
1	NVRIEnviri Corporation	Stage 3 · wk 5	86	−1.4%
2	CLHClean Harbors, Inc.	Stage 2 · wk 12	79	+2.5%
3	WMWaste Management, Inc.	Stage 4 · wk 5	64	+15.0%
4	RSGRepublic Services, Inc.	Stage 2 · wk 1	63	+13.9%
5	CWSTCasella Waste Systems, Inc. Class A	Stage 4 · wk 5	63	+14.3%
6	WCNWaste Connections, Inc.	Stage 4 · wk 4	60	+19.0%
7	AWXAvalon Holdings Corporation	Stage 3 · wk 2	54	0.0%
8	GFLGFL Environmental Inc. Subordinate voting shares, no par value	Stage 2 · wk 6	51	+5.4%

vs 52W High

0.0%

$148.70 lo$184.88 hi

0.0% below 52W high, failed near resistance

In Stage 4, distance from the 52-week high reflects an ongoing decline, not a discount.

Stage Maturity

Week 4

1w13w26w

Week 4, early Stage 4 decline

How long this stock has been in Stage 4 decline. The longer the downtrend, the more entrenched the selling pressure. No length of decline marks a bottom on its own.

vs 200 DMA

13.8%

200 DMA: $162.48 · sloping down

In Stage 4, the stock is below its 200-day average, the hallmark of a downtrend. Stage analysis waits for that to reverse before buying.

Rel Volume

3.92x

vs 50-day avg

High volume on down days in Stage 4 confirms institutional selling. Low-volume bounces are typical. They lack real buyers and are easy to mistake for reversals.

Trend Health

↗ ⇈

Short-term trend rising gently, and accelerating

Two reads of momentum. The arrow shows the direction of the short-term trend: rising (↑ or ↗), flat (→) or rolling over (↓). The ⇈ mark appears when our trend model reads the move as gaining speed on top of the longer trend. Strongest when both agree.

+19.0%

+9.2%

+9.9%

YTD

+6.9%

+7.1%

Scan Membership

Breakout Watch

Latest: 2025-03-06

14 appearances in last 60 days. First seen: 2018-10-16.

A stock that keeps qualifying week after week does so because its Stage 2 structure keeps holding. Staying power in the scan says more about the trend than any single appearance.

Recent Stage Timeline

2026-10-22S4

Wk 4 · Vol 3.92x

2026-10-21S4

Wk 4 · Vol 1.39x

2026-10-20S4

Wk 3 · Vol 1.44x

2026-10-19S4

Wk 3 · Vol 1.10x

2026-10-16S4

Wk 3 · Vol 1.75x

2026-10-15S4

Wk 3 · Vol 3.56x

2026-10-14S4

Wk 3 · Vol 1.32x

2026-10-13S4

Wk 2 · Vol 1.28x

2026-10-12S4

Wk 2 · Vol 1.13x

2026-10-09S4

Wk 2 · Vol 1.47x

2026-10-08S4

Wk 2 · Vol 1.38x

2026-10-07S4

Wk 2 · Vol 1.38x

Moving averages & range

50 DMA

$161.29

200 DMA

$162.48

52W High

$184.88

52W Low

$148.70

5D Low

$165.69

Resistance levels (recent highs)

20d High

$184.88

60d High

$184.88

120d High

$184.88

250d High

$184.88

Next resistance

Above all

P/E (TTM)

41.5

Forward 29.8

Earnings Growth (YoY)

+4.4%

Revenue +6.4%

ROE

+13.0%

Profit margin +10.9%

Dividend Yield

0.83%

P/B 5.7

Waste Connections: quick answers

What stage is Waste Connections in?

As of Oct 22, 2026, Waste Connections (WCN) is in Stage 4, the downtrend phase. It entered Stage 4 on Sep 30, 2026 and is in week 4. What the four stages mean

Is Waste Connections in an uptrend?

No. Waste Connections is in a Stage 4 downtrend. It trades 13.8% above its 200-day average, which is falling.

How far is Waste Connections from its 52-week high?

Waste Connections closed at $184.88 on Oct 22, 2026, at its 52-week high. Its 52-week low is $148.70.

How has Waste Connections performed over the past year?

As of Oct 22, 2026, Waste Connections is up 7.1% over the past year and up 6.9% so far in 2026.

Which sector and industry is Waste Connections in?

Waste Connections is in the Waste Management industry, part of the Industrials sector.

About this companyIndustrials· Waste Management

Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, and disposal services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company owns and operates transfer stations that receive, compact, and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; develops, owns, and operates projects or the beneficial reuse of landfill gas through landfill network; and intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste created through the initial drilling and completion of an oil or natural gas well, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.

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