Waste Connections Ownership | Who Owns Waste Connections?

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Waste Connections Ownership Summary

Waste Connections is owned by 85.10% institutional investors, 0.26% insiders, and 14.65% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.13% of WCN shares. Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor is the top mutual fund, with 3.22% of its assets in Waste Connections shares.

WCN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Waste Connections	85.10%	0.26%	14.65%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	68.68%	16.25%	15.07%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	31.16M	12.13%	$5.46B
Vanguard capital management	15.80M	6.19%	$2.63B
Royal bank of canada	13.19M	5.17%	$2.20B
Bank of montreal /can/	8.87M	3.47%	$1.36B
Blackrock	8.33M	3.23%	$1.46B
1832 asset management	7.46M	2.92%	$1.24B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	6.37M	2.49%	$1.06B
Fmr	5.34M	2.09%	$890.24M
Mackenzie financial	4.76M	1.86%	$732.03M
Capital investors	4.58M	1.79%	$763.91M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Atlas frm	1.51M	10.78%	$251.70M
Sunriver management	343.51K	8.99%	$57.26M
Consulta	1.05M	6.31%	$175.02M
Lansing management lp	60.23K	6.07%	$10.02M
Nicola wealth management	243.00K	4.66%	$40.50M
Hudson way capital management	299.50K	4.45%	$49.92M
Oakmont	139.26K	4.14%	$21.44M
Stockbridge partners	1.16M	4.07%	$193.56M
Skye global management lp	1.15M	3.72%	$191.36M
Baskin financial services	277.35K	3.44%	$42.67M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	3.96M	0.07%	3.96M
Invesco	3.59M	0.05%	3.17M
Aqr capital management	4.11M	0.24%	3.00M
Swedbank ab	1.76M	0.23%	1.68M
Atlas frm	1.51M	10.78%	1.51M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	5.34M	0.04%	-3.62M
Alphinity investment management pty	-	-	-3.05M
Goldman sachs group	2.42M	0.04%	-2.29M
Wellington management group llp	2.87M	0.08%	-2.07M
Winslow capital management	-	-	-1.89M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	3.96M	0.07%	3.96M	$659.46M
Atlas frm	1.51M	10.78%	1.51M	$251.70M
Consulta	1.05M	6.31%	1.05M	$175.02M
Sixth street partners management company	693.22K	0.02%	693.22K	$115.50M
Alyeska investment group	377.38K	0.16%	377.38K	$62.90M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Stone house investment management	-1.00
Total investment management	-1.00
Van hulzen asset management	-1.00
Nemes rush group	-1.00
Toth financial advisory	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	852	4.54%	217,294,678	1.46%	85	1.21%	408	12.09%	304	-
Mar 31, 2026	536	-34.63%	111,560,046	-48.77%	43	0.61%	217	-47.58%	206	-23.70%
Dec 31, 2025	586	-23.30%	135,333,669	-35.76%	52	0.79%	297	-11.61%	187	-31.75%
Sep 30, 2025	723	-5.24%	206,185,153	-3.71%	79	1.16%	325	-15.80%	252	6.78%
Jun 30, 2025	768	2.95%	219,281,166	1.29%	84	1.21%	390	16.07%	237	-16.25%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	8.10M	3.22%	-33.80K
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	8.01M	3.20%	-106.49K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	8.10M	3.19%	-33.80K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	8.19M	3.17%	8.14K
Vanguard Morn Mid Cap Index Instl	5.53M	2.19%	-16.08K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	5.53M	2.18%	-16.08K
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl	5.40M	2.15%	-117.11K
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv	3.72M	1.49%	9.72K
Vanguard MStar Growth Index Investor	3.22M	1.28%	160.37K
Vanguard Morn Growth Index Investor	3.08M	1.22%	50.30K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 02, 2026	NIELSEN III ROBERT	SR VP Operations	Sell	$278.25K
Oct 30, 2026	NIELSEN III ROBERT	SR VP Operations	Sell	$1.84K
Oct 30, 2026	NIELSEN III ROBERT	SR VP Operations	Sell	$91.66K
Oct 29, 2026	Black Matthew Stephen	Sr VP Chief Tax Officer	Sell	$975.28K
Oct 29, 2026	Black Matthew Stephen	Sr VP Chief Tax Officer	Sell	$1.01M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q4	-	7
2026 Q3	-	6
2026 Q2	1	7
2026 Q1	-	1
2025 Q4	-	2

WCN Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Waste Connections?

Waste Connections’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (31.16M shares, 12.13%), Vanguard capital management (15.8M shares, 6.19%), and Royal bank of canada (13.19M shares, 5.17%). Together, they hold 23.48% of Waste Connections’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Waste Connections?

Yes, BlackRock owns 3.23% of Waste Connections, totaling 8.33M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.03% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.46B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 186.1K shares, a 2.29% change.

Who is Waste Connections’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Atlas frm is Waste Connections’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.78% of its assets in 1.51M Waste Connections shares, valued at 251.7M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Connections shares?

Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Connections shares, with 3.22% of its total shares outstanding invested in 8.1M Waste Connections shares.

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