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Ronald J Mittelstaedt bought $7.6M of WCN

President & CEO at Waste Connections, Inc.. 50,000 shares at an average of $152.24, traded May 12, 2026, filed May 13, 2026.

Conviction score
67
Value
$7.6M
50,000 shares
Holdings after
301,017
+20% from before
From 52-week low
+0%
low $150.66, close $150.93
From 52-week high
-23%
high $195.49, as of May 12, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $7.6M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 20%
    +3
  • Price context
    0% above the 52-week low; 23% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

WCNOct 12, 2026 · close 153.71
Since filing May 13, 2026: +1.2%SPY +5.4% · excess -4.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001064299-26-000005, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+50,000$152.24$7.6M301,017May 13, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Waste Connections, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
45Moderate
WCNsell 3
Waste Connections, Inc.
Robert Nielsen III
SR VP Operations
$119k
700 shares
-18%
66Notable
WCNsell 3
Waste Connections, Inc.
Philip Rivard
SR VP Business Development
$416k
2,500 shares
-77%
49Moderate
WCNsell 3
Waste Connections, Inc.
Susan Netherton
SR VP People, Training & Dev
$291k
1,750 shares
-12%
30Weak
WCNsell 2
Waste Connections, Inc.
Robert Nielsen III
SR VP Operations
$52k
300 shares
-7%
46Moderate
WCNsell 2
Waste Connections, Inc.
Robert Michael Cloninger
SR VP, Deputy General Counsel
$481k
2,811 shares
-19%
41Moderate
WCNsell 2
Waste Connections, Inc.
Jason Craft
Executive Vice President & COO
$235k
1,500 shares
-4%
58Moderate
WCNsell 2
Waste Connections, Inc.
Patrick James Shea
Exec VP, General Counsel & Sec
$1.2M
7,500 shares
-28%
37Weak
WCNsell 2
Waste Connections, Inc.
Robert Nielsen III
SR VP Operations
$78k
500 shares
-11%
38Weak
WCNsell 2
Waste Connections, Inc.
Robert Nielsen III
SR VP Operations
$95k
627 shares
-12%
65Notable
WCNsell 3
Waste Connections, Inc.
Eric Hansen
Senior Vice President and CIO
$989k
6,000 shares
-31%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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