Waste Connections Ownership | Who Owns Waste Connections?


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Waste Connections Ownership Summary


Waste Connections is owned by 83.66% institutional investors, 0.20% insiders, and 16.14% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.35% of WCN shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.21% of its assets in Waste Connections shares.

WCN Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockWaste Connections83.66%0.20%16.14%
SectorIndustrials Stocks 39.35%12.62%48.03%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group29.29M11.35%$5.03B
Royal bank of canada10.67M4.14%$1.83B
Bank of montreal /can/8.64M3.35%$1.48B
Blackrock8.33M3.23%$1.46B
Fil7.18M2.78%$1.23B
Wcm investment management6.37M2.47%$1.09B
T. rowe price investment management6.10M2.36%$1.05B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de5.98M2.32%$1.03B
Capital investors5.95M2.31%$1.02B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/5.74M2.22%$984.21M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Fulcrum asset management llp22.47K9.90%$3.18M
Stockbridge partners1.97M7.17%$337.75M
Barometer capital management65.58K6.47%$16.14M
Harvey partners274.00K5.22%$47.01M
R.p. boggs48.49K4.96%$8.32M
Mirabaud asset management56.62K4.51%$9.69M
Bluegrass capital partners lp29.00K4.42%$4.98M
Sycomore asset management117.23K4.02%$28.21M
Baskin financial services294.35K4.01%$50.47M
Montrusco bolton investments1.93M3.86%$319.08M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank4.01M0.09%4.01M
Fil7.18M1.15%2.27M
Raymond james financial1.40M0.09%1.40M
Capital investors5.95M0.19%899.06K
Bank of america corp /de/1.96M0.03%641.50K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Winslow capital management---1.89M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de5.98M0.02%-1.59M
Wcm investment management6.37M2.56%-1.33M
Goldman sachs group1.12M0.03%-729.47K
Fmr4.74M0.05%-577.05K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank4.01M0.09%4.01M$687.93M
Raymond james financial1.40M0.09%1.40M$240.42M
Fulton breakefield broenniman65.41K0.80%65.41K$11.22M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)54.20K0.11%54.20K$9.51M
Fulcrum asset management llp22.47K9.90%22.47K$3.18M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Van hulzen asset management-1.00
Raleigh capital management-4.00
Abound wealth management-4.00
Plante moran financial advisors-5.00
Coastline trust-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Mar 31, 2025734-1.21%216,005,567-1.50%831.16%328-0.30%281-0.35%
Dec 31, 2024680-6.72%213,492,153-1.42%821.17%299-13.58%261-
Sep 30, 20247192.86%216,544,199-1.97%831.14%3420.29%2578.90%
Jun 30, 20246901.32%220,720,4532.01%851.22%3346.37%236-8.88%
Mar 31, 20246817.24%216,361,778-2.69%831.13%3147.90%2596.58%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv8.28M3.21%136.90K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF8.19M3.17%8.14K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional5.61M2.17%53.65K
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv3.65M1.41%13.07K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor2.93M1.14%27.29K
Vanguard Developed Markets Index Admiral2.27M0.88%8.73K
Pictet Water Segregated Accounts2.25M0.87%2.25M
Fidelity Magellan2.22M0.86%85.50K
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF2.00M0.77%-13.95K
T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation1.93M0.75%-638.80K

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
May 23, 2025NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP OperationsSell$92.47K
May 23, 2025NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP OperationsSell$98.50K
Mar 10, 2025CHAMBLISS DARRELL W EVP & COOSell$2.55M
Mar 03, 2025PIO DOMENIC SR VP OperationsSell$1.93M
Feb 26, 2025Bertone Andrea E.-Sell$53.51K

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
2025 Q1-5
2024 Q4-2
2024 Q3-7
2024 Q2-3
2024 Q1-8

WCN Ownership FAQ


Who owns the most shares of Waste Connections?

Waste Connections’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (29.29M shares, 11.35%), Royal bank of canada (10.67M shares, 4.14%), and Bank of montreal /can/ (8.64M shares, 3.35%). Together, they hold 18.84% 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?

Fulcrum asset management llp is Waste Connections’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 9.90% of its assets in 22.47K Waste Connections shares, valued at 3.18M$.

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

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Waste Connections shares, with 3.21% of its total shares outstanding invested in 8.28M Waste Connections shares.

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