Waste Connections WCN Institutional Ownership

Ownership Summary

Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE:WCN) has 779 institutional investors with active 13F positions as of March 2026.

• Collectively, these holders controlled 83.5% of Waste Connections's outstanding shares in March 2026, down from 84.5% in December 2025.
• They increased total shares held in Waste Connections by 19.1% from the prior quarter, while the number of investors in WCN increased 6.57% year over year.
• Activity in WCN broke down as 359 buyers, 295 sellers, and 125 unchanged among 779 total holders.
• Altogether, these fund groups held 213.22Mn shares in WCN by March 2026, up by 34.2Mn shares quarter on quarter, and down 24.78Mn shares year over year.
• As of March 31, 2026, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC held the largest stake in Waste Connections with 15.86Mn shares, accounting for 6.21% of total shares outstanding.
• The largest buyers of Waste Connections for the quarter ending March 2026 were VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (15.86Mn), VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC (11.14Mn), PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ (2.82Mn), VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO (2.45Mn), TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP (2.36Mn).
• The largest sales of WCN for the quarter ending March 2026 came from WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC (2.41Mn), Jpmorgan Chase & Co (2.29Mn), FMR LLC (1.3Mn), Capital International Investors (1.24Mn), Pictet Asset Management Holding SA (1.18Mn).
• Per Business Quant, the top 10 investors in WCN for the quarter ending March 2026 include VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (15.86Mn), Royal Bank Of Canada (12.21Mn), VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC (11.14Mn), FMR LLC (8.96Mn), Bank Of Montreal /Can/ (8.14Mn), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (7.11Mn), BlackRock, Inc. (6.19Mn), Capital International Investors (5.23Mn), MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP (4.98Mn), WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP (4.94Mn).