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WCN Waste Connections

Utilities, filed as WASTE CONNECTIONS INC (COM), Equity As of 2026 Q2 among managers we track Quote on Google Finance, opens in a new tab

Sold by 1 manager in 2026 Q2

  • 2 Owners
  • Max 1.0%
  • $372M
  • 1 exit 1 small

In 2026 Q2 First Eagle Investment Management sold out of Waste Connections.

Who owns this now

Largest portfolio weights among holders, up to 1.0% (Gates Foundation Trust). Not free-float ownership.

  1. Gates Foundation Trust 0.99%
  2. Ron Baron Add 0.05%

Who owns WCN

Sorted by value, long equity only, as of 2026 Q2.

History
Gates Foundation Trust 0.99% Hold 2,039,175 $340M History
Ron Baron, Bamco Inc. (Baron Capital) 0.05% Small add +0.7% 193,920 $32M History
First Eagle Investment Management exited 2026 Q2 Last 2026 Q1 <0.01% Exit 0.00% 25 $4K History

2 current, 1 exited last period, options excluded

Weight bar: held both quarters added sold at this quarter’s reported price

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sales by WCN's executives, directors and 10% owners in the last 12 months, from their Form 4s

All WCN insider trades
  • $7.6M bought by 1 insider
  • $5.4M sold by 9 insiders outside a trading plan
  • None no planned (10b5-1) sales
  1. James Little Executive VP Engineering
    Sale
    $370K 2,000 shares at $185.22 5.8% of stake
    Traded Oct 27 Filed Oct 29
    ↗
  2. Derek Tan SR VP Chief Accounting Officer
    Sale
    $187K 1,000 shares at $186.77 71% of stake
    Traded Oct 26 Filed Oct 28
    ↗
  3. Robert Nielsen III SR VP Operations
    Sale
    $119K 700 shares at $170.00 18% of stake
    Traded Aug 19 Filed Aug 21
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  4. Philip Rivard SR VP Business Development
    Sale
    $416K 2,500 shares at $166.57 77% of stake
    Traded Aug 18 Filed Aug 20
    ↗
  5. Susan Netherton SR VP People, Training & Dev
    Sale
    $291K 1,750 shares at $166.00 12% of stake
    Traded Aug 13 Filed Aug 17
    ↗
  6. Robert Nielsen III SR VP Operations
    Sale
    $52K 300 shares at $173.10 7.1% of stake
    Traded Jul 29 Filed Jul 31
    ↗
  7. Robert Michael Cloninger SR VP, Deputy General Counsel
    Sale
    $481K 2,811 shares at $171.02 19% of stake
    Traded Jul 28 Filed Jul 30
    ↗
  8. Jason Craft COO
    Sale
    $235K 1,500 shares at $156.59 4.4% of stake
    Traded Jun 5 Filed Jun 9
    ↗
  9. Patrick James Shea Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec
    Sale
    $1.2M 7,500 shares at $156.26 28% of stake
    Traded Jun 5 Filed Jun 9
    ↗
  10. Robert Nielsen III SR VP Operations
    Sale
    $78K 500 shares at $155.56 11% of stake
    Traded May 14 Filed May 18
    ↗
  11. Robert Nielsen III SR VP Operations
    Sale
    $95K 627 shares at $152.07 12% of stake
    Traded May 12–13 Filed May 14
    ↗
  12. Ronald J Mittelstaedt CEO
    Buy
    $7.6M 50,000 shares at $152.24 +20% to stake
    Traded May 12 Filed May 13
    ↗
  13. Eric Hansen Senior Vice President and CIO
    Sale
    $989K 6,000 shares at $164.82 31% of stake
    Traded Apr 30 Filed May 4
    ↗
  14. James Little Executive VP Engineering
    Sale
    $427K 2,605 shares at $163.98 7% of stake
    Traded Apr 27 Filed Apr 29
    ↗
  15. Derek Tan SR VP Chief Accounting Officer
    Sale
    $201K 1,173 shares at $171.03 46% of stake
    Traded Mar 4 Filed Mar 6
    ↗

Also filed in the last 12 months, not counted as buying or selling: 85 share withholdings for taxes, 85 option exercises, 8 other transactions, and 3 gifts.

Congress

2 members of Congress traded WCN in the last three years: 1 buy and 2 sales. 2 members listed it in 2025 annual reports.

All Congress trades
  1. Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4Spouse Sell $1K–$15K Sep 23, 2025 filed Oct 10, 2025
  2. Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4Spouse Buy $1K–$15K Oct 29, 2024 filed Sep 12, 2025
  3. Ritchie Torres D-NY-15 Sell $1K–$15K Jul 11, 2025 filed Aug 20, 2025

SEC filings

Recent issuer filings from EDGAR, 20 shown.

Filed Form Detail Links
10-Q Filing Doc
8-K 2.02,7.01,9.01 Filing Doc
8-K 8.01,9.01 Filing Doc
8-K 1.01,2.03,9.01 Filing Doc
424B5 Filing Doc
8-K 1.01,7.01,9.01 Filing Doc
424B5 Filing Doc
10-Q Filing Doc
8-K 2.02,7.01,9.01 Filing Doc
8-K 5.07,8.01,9.01 Filing Doc
SCHEDULE 13G — Filing Doc
10-Q Filing Doc
DEFA14A Filing Doc
8-K 2.02,7.01,9.01 Filing Doc
DEF 14A Filing Doc
DEFA14A Filing Doc
SCHEDULE 13G/A — Filing Doc
8-K 5.02,9.01 Filing Doc
8-K 1.01,2.03,9.01 Filing Doc
424B5 Filing Doc

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions, updated about 16 hours ago. All on EDGAR

Financials

US-GAAP annual figures by fiscal year, as tagged in Form 10-K. Each value links to its SEC filing.

Income statement

Metric FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Revenue $8.02B $8.92B $9.47B
Gross profit * $3.28B $3.73B $4.01B
Gross margin * 40.9% 41.8% 42.4%
Net income $0.763B $0.618B $1.08B
Net margin * 9.5% 6.9% 11.4%

Balance sheet

Metric FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Total current assets $1.14B $1.23B $1.31B
Total non-current assets * $16.77B $18.59B $19.82B
Total assets $17.92B $19.82B $21.13B
Total current liabilities $1.69B $1.88B $2.12B
Total non-current liabilities * $8.53B $10.08B $10.76B
Total equity $7.69B $7.86B $8.25B

Cash flow

Metric FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Cash from operations $2.13B $2.23B $2.41B
Cash from investing -$1.58B -$3.16B -$2.02B
Cash from financing -$544.4M $944.94M -$360.04M
Net change in cash $2.67M $14.14M $31.41M

Source: SEC companyfacts (US-GAAP 10-K). A * marks a computed figure, not a single XBRL tag. Fiscal years are as the issuer labels them. Follow The Filings does not adjust or audit these figures.

Ownership over time

13Fs that reported it each quarter. Click a bar for that quarter’s holders.