WC
WCN
+2.0%🟢 Fundamentally supportedWaste Connections Inc. · Industrials
$156.82Vol 1.63M · 1.0× normalMkt cap +$0.79BMarket closed — 2026-10-14 session
What happened
Move
+2.0%
Price
$156.82
Volume
1.63M
1.0× normal
Market cap
$39.45B
+$0.79B today
Why it moved
Acquisition / M&Amedium confidence
- WCN Benefits From Buyouts & Global Waste-Management Market Expansion — finnhub-news
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Waste Connections, Lowers Price Target to $195 — finnhub-news
Possible catalyst: acquisition / m&a, 2.5pp above its sector.
Verdict — was the move justified?
🟢 Fundamentally supported
Acquisition / M&A — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.
How unusual is this move
σ score
2.6σ
vs own 20d volatility
Percentile
92th
of 1276 daily moves
Avg daily move
±0.9%
own 5y average
vs sector
+2.5%
beyond sector median
Today’s move is among the largest 8% of WCN’s daily moves over the last 5 years — while the sector moved -0.4% and the market -0.6%.
What happened after similar moves
134 similar up moves in WCN’s 5-year history:
After 5 days
+0.3%
52% higher
After 20 days
+0.8%
59% higher
Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.
Fundamental context
V 62G 85P 64H 33Q 97
Insider activity (90d): net selling $1.36M
Valuation context
P/E (TTM)
37.2
5y median 51.9
P/E percentile
2%
vs own 5y history
FCF yield
0.0%
Trading cheaper than 98% of its own historical valuation range.
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