-- RBCキャピタル・マーケッツとCIBCキャピタル・マーケッツのアナリストは、Waste Connections Inc.(WCN.TO、WCN)の目標株価をそれぞれ210ドルから218ドル、197ドルから198ドルに引き上げた。 RBCのアナリスト、サバハット・カーン氏は、木曜日に発表された同社の四半期決算を受け、トロント証券取引所に二重上場している総合廃棄物処理サービス会社の株式について「アウトパフォーム」の投資判断を維持した。 同社の株価はトロント証券取引所で17.65ドル(約8%)上昇し、231.36ドルとなった。 カーン氏は顧客向けレポートの中で、「WCNは第1四半期の調整後EBITDA/EPSが市場予想を上回り、2026年の業績見通しも据え置いた」と述べている。 「全体として、WCNは2026年に向けて良好な位置づけにあると考えています。年初の好調な業績を踏まえると、ガイダンスは依然として控えめな出発点であり、商品価格の上昇(E&P事業を支え、リサイクル価格も正しい方向に動き始めている)、より好ましいマクロ経済環境(SWの取引量が6四半期連続で増加しており、潜在的な需要の蓄積を示唆している可能性がある)、そしてM&A(パイプラインは堅調)といった要因から、上振れ余地があります」とアナリストは述べています。 CIBCのアナリスト、ケビン・チャン氏は、同社株の投資判断を「アウトパフォーム」に据え置きました。 「WCNの株価は、好調な第1四半期決算発表を受けて急騰しており、現在の地政学的状況にもかかわらず、同社のビジネスモデルの強靭さを浮き彫りにしています」とチャン氏は顧客向けレポートで述べています。 「ファンダメンタルズは依然として堅調であり、WCNの2026年ガイダンスには上振れ余地があります」とアナリストは述べています。 「さらに、WCNのEPS成長率は2026年上半期以降、再び加速する傾向が見られる」とチャン氏は述べた。「第1四半期の業績は、WCNの株価と同社に対する市場のセンチメントにとって転換点になると考えている。」
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