WCN — Waste Connections, Inc.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Measured signals that fired on WCN
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Cluster sale: three or more insiders insider | -0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-26 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-17 | Short volume far above its own normal short | -0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-13 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-04-28 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-04-23 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations | Open-market sale | 700 | 170.00 | 119.0K |
| 2026-08-18 | RIVARD PHILIP SR VP Business Development | Open-market sale | 2.5K | 166.57 | 416.4K |
| 2026-08-13 | Netherton Susan SR VP People, Training & Dev | Open-market sale | 1.8K | 166.00 | 290.5K |
| 2026-07-29 | NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations | Open-market sale | 300 | 173.10 | 51.9K |
| 2026-07-28 | Cloninger Robert Michael SR VP, Deputy General Counsel | Open-market sale | 2.6K | 171.00 | 440.0K |
| 2026-07-28 | Cloninger Robert Michael SR VP, Deputy General Counsel | Open-market sale | 238 | 171.33 | 40.8K |
| 2026-06-30 | PIO DOMENIC SR VP Operations | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 95 | 158.36 | 15.0K |
| 2026-06-30 | CRAFT JASON Executive Vice President & COO | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 54 | 158.36 | 8.6K |
| 2026-06-30 | BRADLEY AARON SR VP PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 42 | 158.36 | 6.7K |
| 2026-06-30 | Black Matthew Stephen Sr VP Chief Tax Officer | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 16 | 158.36 | 2.5K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.6B | 15.9M |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 2.0B | 12.2M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.8B | 11.1M |
| FMR LLC | 1.5B | 9.0M |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | 1.3B | 8.1M |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 1.2B | 7.1M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1.0B | 6.2M |
| Capital International Investors | 849.2M | 5.2M |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | 809.1M | 5.0M |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 801.7M | 4.9M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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