Waste Connections Ownership | Who Owns Waste Connections?

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Waste Connections Ownership Summary

Waste Connections is owned by 79.80% institutional investors, 0.24% insiders, and 19.96% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.13% of WCN shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.17% of its assets in Waste Connections shares.

WCN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Waste Connections	79.80%	0.24%	19.96%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	46.76%	12.55%	40.69%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	31.16M	12.13%	$5.46B
Royal bank of canada	10.79M	4.17%	$1.90B
Fmr	10.38M	4.02%	$1.82B
Bank of montreal /can/	8.86M	3.43%	$1.56B
Blackrock	8.33M	3.23%	$1.46B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	6.67M	2.58%	$1.17B
Wcm investment management	6.46M	2.50%	$1.13B
Mackenzie financial	6.14M	2.37%	$1.08B
Capital investors	5.05M	1.95%	$887.05M
Wellington management group llp	4.46M	1.72%	$783.22M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Visualize group lp	228.14K	13.43%	$40.11M
Stockbridge partners	2.23M	7.60%	$392.83M
Oakmont	166.46K	5.05%	$29.19M
Mirabaud asset management	56.62K	4.98%	$10.75M
Montrusco bolton investments	2.35M	4.96%	$397.87M
Clearalpha technologies lp	9.11K	4.38%	$1.60M
Sycomore asset management	117.23K	4.38%	$28.21M
Baskin financial services	290.40K	3.83%	$50.92M
Harvey partners	224.00K	3.50%	$39.38M
Edentree asset management	81.65K	3.46%	$14.36M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fmr	10.38M	0.09%	4.87M
Norges bank	4.01M	0.09%	4.01M
Wellington management group llp	4.46M	0.14%	1.26M
Mackenzie financial	6.14M	1.31%	918.25K
Cibc asset management	1.99M	1.02%	711.99K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Alphinity investment management pty	-	-	-3.05M
Fil	3.39M	0.47%	-2.79M
Winslow capital management	-	-	-1.89M
Ubs asset management americas	5.88K	0.00%	-1.52M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	3.36M	0.06%	-999.35K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.01M	0.09%	4.01M	$687.93M
Tredje ap-fonden	154.80K	0.20%	154.80K	$27.15M
Walleye capital	117.85K	0.08%	117.85K	$20.72M
Twinbeech capital lp	68.17K	0.47%	68.17K	$11.98M
Ubs oconnor	64.10K	1.21%	64.10K	$11.27M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Total investment management	-1.00
Van hulzen asset management	-1.00
Tortoise investment management	-4.00
Raleigh capital management	-4.00
Abound wealth management	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Mar 31, 2025	734	-1.21%	216,005,567	-1.50%	83	1.16%	328	-0.30%	281	-0.35%
Dec 31, 2024	680	-6.72%	213,492,153	-1.42%	82	1.17%	299	-13.58%	261	-
Sep 30, 2024	719	2.86%	216,544,199	-1.97%	83	1.14%	342	0.29%	257	8.90%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	8.19M	3.17%	8.14K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	8.12M	3.16%	-192.41K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	5.76M	2.24%	62.13K
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv	3.70M	1.44%	1.05K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	2.90M	1.13%	10.04K
Fidelity Magellan	2.34M	0.91%	-10.54K
Vanguard Developed Markets Index Admiral	2.33M	0.91%	25.78K
Pictet Water Segregated Accounts	2.25M	0.87%	2.25M
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF	2.16M	0.84%	53.71K
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation	1.93M	0.75%	-638.80K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Dec 10, 2025	NIELSEN III ROBERT	SR VP Operations	Sell	$335.18K
Oct 28, 2025	GUILLET EDWARD E	-	Sell	$1.57M
Aug 12, 2025	Shea Patrick James	Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec	Sell	$942.26K
Aug 08, 2025	NIELSEN III ROBERT	SR VP Operations	Sell	$190.00K
Jul 29, 2025	Netherton Susan	SR VP People, Training & Dev	Sell	$286.68K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	2
2025 Q3	-	3
2025 Q2	-	2
2025 Q1	-	5
2024 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%), Royal bank of canada (10.79M shares, 4.17%), and Fmr (10.38M shares, 4.02%). Together, they hold 20.32% 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?

Visualize group lp is Waste Connections’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 13.43% of its assets in 228.14K Waste Connections shares, valued at 40.11M$.

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

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Connections shares, with 3.17% of its total shares outstanding invested in 8.19M Waste Connections shares.

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