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Waste Connections, Inc., an integrated solid waste services company, provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the western and southern United States. As of December 31, 2008, it owned or operated a network of 135 solid waste collection operations, 52 transfer stations, 34 recycling operations, and 37 active landfills, as well as 6 intermodal facilities. The company offers residential, commercial, and industrial solid waste collection services. Its transfer stations receive, compact, and load solid waste to be transported to landfills via truck, rail, or barge. Waste Connections also provides residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers recycling services for various recyclable materials, including cardboard, office paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. In addition, it offers intermodal services, including repositioning, storage, maintenance, and repair of cargo containers for international shipping companies for the rail haul movement of cargo containers in the Pacific Northwest. Further, the company provides container and chassis sales and leasing services to its customers. It serves approximately 1.8 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Folsom, California.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	32.48
Volume	684728
Volume Avg	831798
52 Week High	35.95
52 Week Low	27.92
PE	22.63
PE (group average)	40
EPS Year	1.45
EPS change Q/Q	0%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	33.33%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-21.95%
EPS change Y/Y	-21.6%
REV change Q/Q	-1.34%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	7.8%
EPS next Q est	0.41
EPS next Y est	1.78
Divident Annual	0.33
Dividend Yield	1.02%