WCN Waste Connections, Inc.

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$159.74

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

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Insider signal Bullish Insiders bought more than they sold over this window — uncommon at any size.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 4 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
1
1 transaction
Insiders selling
8
13 transactions
Purchases
$7.6M
50,000 shares
Sales
$4.4M
26,793 shares
Net activity
$3.3M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 0% planned / 100% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $0 0 transactions · 0 shares
Discretionary sales $4.4M 13 transactions · 26,793 shares

Largest single sale: $1.2M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

Last open-market purchase: May 12, 2026 , by MITTELSTAEDT RONALD J .

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations Sell 700 $170.00 $119.0K 3,250 −17.7% of holding
RIVARD PHILIP SR VP Business Development Sell 2,500 $166.57 $416.4K 734 −77.3% of holding
Netherton Susan SR VP People, Training & Dev Sell 1,750 $166.00 $290.5K 12,980 −11.9% of holding
NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations Sell 300 $173.10 $51.9K 3,950 −7.1% of holding
Cloninger Robert Michael 2 fills SR VP, Deputy General Counsel Sell 2,811 $171.02 $480.7K 11,904 −19.1% of holding
Shea Patrick James Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec Sell 7,500 $156.26 $1.2M 19,737 −27.5% of holding
CRAFT JASON Executive Vice President & COO Sell 1,500 $156.59 $234.9K 32,861 −4.4% of holding
NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations Sell 500 $155.56 $77.8K 4,250 −10.5% of holding
NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations Sell 290 $151.00 $43.8K 4,750 −5.8% of holding
MITTELSTAEDT RONALD J President & CEO Buy 50,000 $152.24 $7.6M 301,017
NIELSEN III ROBERT SR VP Operations Sell 337 $153.00 $51.6K 5,040 −6.3% of holding
HANSEN ERIC Senior Vice President and CIO Sell 6,000 $164.82 $988.9K 13,350 −31% of holding
LITTLE JAMES Executive VP Engineering Sell 2,605 $163.98 $427.2K 34,395 −7% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.