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Waste Connections Inc (WCN) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Waste Connections Inc

WCN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Waste Connections collects, transfers and disposes of non-hazardous waste across the United States and Canada, serving households, businesses, municipalities and industrial sites. It also runs recycling operations for materials such as cardboard, plastics, glass and metals, and treats waste from oil and gas drilling, including drilling fluids and produced water. The company operates landfills, transfer stations and landfill-gas projects, and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Where it sits in the stack
Waste Connections sits in our HALO Growth 100, a growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve — the group tracking waste collection, recycling technology and critical-mineral supply as scarcity and environmental rules reshape how materials are recovered and reused. Its landfills and transfer network are the collection point that feeds the recycling loop this sleeve follows.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with Clean Harbors, Xylem, Freeport-McMoran, Veolia, Tomra Systems, Albemarle, Ivanhoe Mines and MP Materials, grouped for their roles across waste handling, recycling and mineral supply under the same resource-security theme; the market also names Waste Management as a comparable.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelook score; quality is the strongest module and valuation the weakest, though the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether drilling activity keeps feeding volume into the exploration-and-production waste business, since that segment ties its collection revenue to oil and gas well activity rather than to household waste alone.

Waste Connections Inc (WCN) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelook company score reads 43/100 composite (momentum 44, quality 45, valuation 41) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WCN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security

Waste collection, recycling tech, critical-mineral upstream. Resource scarcity + ESG mandates re-pricing the take-back loop.

Compared against WCN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-09-16

DayWeekMonth3 months
WCN−1.9%−2.9%−5.2%−0.4%
Circular Economy & Resource Security−0.9%−6.6%−5.7%—
HALO Growth 100−0.3%−2.6%−7.2%—

Against the index: 0.3 pts behind on the week, 2.0 pts ahead on the month; against its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve 0.5 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 42, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-16
  • Factor regime Momentum leadership cooling, still above trendMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 91th percentile of the window, -0.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-16
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.8% week · −9.5% month · −6.0% quarter · −5.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.17 · up 0.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-16

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-17

Quick answers

What is Waste Connections Inc (WCN)?

Waste Connections Inc trades as WCN on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-17.

Is WCN in a Closelook index?

Yes — Waste Connections Inc is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-17.

What is Waste Connections Inc's Closelook composite score?

43 out of 100, with momentum 44, quality 45 and valuation 41 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-17. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does WCN trade against its moving averages?

In a correction — 16.6% off its high: 16.6% below its 52-week high and under its 50-day — a textbook 10-to-20% correction. As of 2026-09-16 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is WCN doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Waste Connections Inc is −5.2% against −7.2% for the HALO Growth 100 — 2.0 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-16. Its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve is −5.7% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Waste Connections Inc do?

Waste Connections collects, transfers and disposes of non-hazardous waste across the United States and Canada, serving households, businesses, municipalities and industrial sites. It also runs recycling operations for materials such as cardboard, plastics, glass and metals, and treats waste from oil and gas drilling, including drilling fluids and produced water. The company operates landfills, transfer stations and landfill-gas projects, and is based in Woodbridge, Canada. Closelook's peer group places it with Clean Harbors, Xylem, Freeport-McMoran, Veolia, Tomra Systems, Albemarle, Ivanhoe Mines and MP Materials, grouped for their roles across waste handling, recycling and mineral supply under the same resource-security theme; the market also names Waste Management as a comparable.

Where does Waste Connections Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Waste Connections sits in our HALO Growth 100, a growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve — the group tracking waste collection, recycling technology and critical-mineral supply as scarcity and environmental rules reshape how materials are recovered and reused. Its landfills and transfer network are the collection point that feeds the recycling loop this sleeve follows. It holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelook score; quality is the strongest module and valuation the weakest, though the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WCN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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