WCN - Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Connections, Inc. is a leading environmental services provider that delivers a full spectrum of non-hazardous waste management solutions, including collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery, across both the United States and Canada. The company offers essential waste collection services to a diverse customer base, spanning residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) sectors.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $166.46, ATM IV 23.0%, max pain $165.00, net GEX $626.3K.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Waste Management
- Market Cap
- $42.66B
- P/E Ratio
- 40.51
- Beta
- 0.51
- 52-Week Range
- 146.89-191.91
- Dividend Yield
- $1.36
- CEO
- Ronald J. Mittelstaedt
- Employees
- 23,854
- IPO Date
- May 22, 1998
- Exchange
- NYSE
What WCN Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 54.0% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($626.3K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.005) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The WCN overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked WCN overview questions
- What is WCN?
- WCN is the ticker symbol for Waste Connections, Inc., a listed security. Waste Connections, Inc. is a leading environmental services provider that delivers a full spectrum of non-hazardous waste management solutions, including collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery, across both the United States and Canada. Listed on NYSE. WCN is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the WCN options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the WCN options snapshot shows spot at $166.46, ATM IV 23.0%, IV rank 54.0%, max pain $165.00, net GEX $626.3K, expected move 6.59%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are WCN's key statistics?
- Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) carries a market capitalization of $42.66B, trailing P/E ratio of 40.51, beta of 0.51 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 146.89-191.91. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does WCN belong to?
- Waste Connections, Inc. operates in the Industrials sector, in the Waste Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare WCN's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the WCN data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).