Casella Waste Systems, Inc. CWST R2K
Industrials · Waste Management · United States
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company in the United States. The company offers resource management expertise and services primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling and organics services to residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers. It also provides non-hazardous solid waste services, including collections, transfer stations, recycling, and disposal operations. In addition, the company markets various materials, including fibers, such as corrugated cardboard and newsprint, plastics, glass, ferrous, and aluminum metals. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Rutland, Vermont.
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Market & Price
Market Cap
$5.23B
Current Price
$82.17
High / Low (52W)
$118.42 / $74.97
Beta
0.77
Valuation
Stock P/E
747.00
Industry PE
28.38
Forward P/E
54.76
PEG Ratio
3.29
Book Value
$24.66
Price to Book
3.33
P/S
2.78
EV/EBITDA
15.61
Dividend Yield
-
Profitability & Returns
ROCE
2.41%
ROE
0.46%
ROA
1.79%
Profit Margin
0.38%
Op Margin
2.69%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$-0.09
EPS (TTM)
$0.11
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Debt/Equity
0.79
Quick Ratio
1.17
Current Ratio
1.38
Debt
$1.24B
Total Assets
$3.30B
Current Assets
$369.28M
Working Capital
$75.38M
Ownership
Promoter Holding
0.60%
Chg in Prom Hold
-
FII / Inst Holding
123.07%
Chg in FII Hold
-
Financial Snapshot
Enterprise Value
$6.34B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.88B
EBITDA
$406.13M
Free Cash Flow
$112.00M
Operating Cash Flow
$341.91M
Shares Outstanding
62.62M
Gross Margin
33.67%
Payout Ratio
0.00%
Growth (CAGR)
Revenue 5Y
19.18%
Profit 5Y
-47.07%
Revenue (YoY)
9.60%
Earnings (YoY)
-
PROS
- Compounding revenue at 19.2% over 5 years.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- Trading at a high P/E of 747.0.
- Earnings shrank at -47.1% CAGR over 5 years.
- Trading 30.6% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
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Technical Trend
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Fundamental Growth
No fundamental data available for this stock.
Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).
Peer comparison
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Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 147.46M | 165.65M | 172.83M | - | 163.66M | 187.46M | 198.55M | 193.62M | 182.91M | 188.77M | 202.67M | 200.24M | 189.53M | 215.88M | 241.97M | 234.03M | 283.67M | 295.27M | 262.60M | 289.64M | 352.74M | 341.01M | 377.16M | - | 417.10M | 465.33M | 485.35M | 469.06M | 457.33M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 280.50M | 308.10M | 315.30M | 312.81M | 308.90M |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 136.60M | 157.23M | 170.05M | 156.25M | 148.43M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128.00M | 131.50M | 136.10M | 135.45M | 136.10M |
| Operating Income | 11.34M | 12.70M | 4.70M | 1.97M | 15.60M | 17.38M | 10.00M | 6.56M | -47.28M | 18.28M | 9.86M | 838.00K | 15.15M | 28.88M | -5.14M | 4.44M | 15.54M | 18.48M | 14.60M | 7.01M | 17.44M | 20.63M | 14.21M | 12.01M | 21.95M | 27.39M | 10.17M | 31.72M | 36.29M | 10.27M | 22.61M | 34.19M | 6.83M | 23.02M | - | 8.60M | 25.73M | 33.95M | 20.80M | 12.33M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78.34M | 99.56M | 110.66M | 90.88M | 84.50M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.98M | 15.66M | 15.95M | 12.93M | 15.33M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -8.13M | 6.89M | 15.89M | -1.59M | -8.82M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -3.33M | 1.68M | 5.91M | 921.00K | -3.29M |
| Net Income | 1.02M | 2.30M | -7.02M | -7.61M | 5.20M | 7.54M | -11.97M | -224.00K | -53.67M | 12.08M | - | -3.91M | 1.70M | 22.30M | - | -1.71M | 11.91M | 12.39M | 9.07M | 959.00K | 12.11M | 15.12M | 62.92M | 4.31M | 11.78M | 15.86M | 4.19M | 17.80M | 22.67M | 3.55M | 5.49M | 18.17M | -4.12M | 7.01M | - | -4.81M | 5.21M | 9.98M | -2.51M | -5.54M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.03 | 0.06 | -0.17 | -0.19 | 0.12 | 0.18 | -0.29 | -0.01 | -1.28 | 0.28 | 0.46 | -0.09 | 0.04 | 0.50 | -0.32 | -0.04 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.31 | 1.24 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.31 | -0.07 | 0.12 | - | -0.08 | 0.08 | 0.16 | -0.04 | -0.09 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | 565.03M | 599.31M | 660.66M | 743.29M | 774.58M | - | 1.09B | 1.26B | 1.56B | 1.84B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 723.12M | 832.04M | 1.03B | 1.22B |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 361.97M | 432.50M | 529.95M | 620.24M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 260.53M | 330.42M | 423.92M | 531.05M |
| Operating Income | 32.81M | 29.43M | -11.03M | 12.42M | 11.92M | 31.87M | 44.95M | -12.58M | 39.73M | 53.08M | 59.30M | - | 101.44M | 102.08M | 106.03M | 89.18M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 225.04M | 252.37M | 315.41M | 379.41M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.72M | 44.62M | 59.45M | 59.52M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 74.97M | 37.05M | 21.05M | 13.05M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21.89M | 11.65M | 7.51M | 5.18M |
| Net Income | - | 38.43M | -77.59M | -54.14M | -23.09M | -12.97M | -6.85M | -21.80M | 6.42M | 31.65M | 91.11M | - | 53.08M | 25.40M | 13.54M | 7.87M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.17 | -0.52 | 0.15 | 0.66 | 1.86 | 0.80 | 1.03 | 0.46 | 0.23 | - |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 19.18% |
| 1 Year: | 9.60% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | -47.07% |
| 1 Year: | - |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -29.90% |
| 6 Months: | -15.21% |
| 3 Months: | -11.80% |
| 1 Month: | +5.20% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2009 | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | May 2013 | Apr 2014 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 690.58M | 633.74M | 663.12M | - | 638.28M | 658.20M | 633.67M | 631.51M | 614.95M | 732.41M | 932.18M | 1.19B | - | 1.45B | 2.54B | 3.23B | 3.30B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 207.48M | 426.32M | 613.30M | 369.28M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.84M | 2.04M | 1.82M | 4.53M | 1.75M | 1.75M | 2.46M | 2.21M | 2.31M | 2.54M | 2.00M | 4.01M | 3.47M | 154.34M | - | 71.15M | 220.91M | 383.30M | 123.77M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.47M | 17.86M | 21.54M | 24.36M |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.89M | 157.32M | 165.92M | 178.07M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 951.32M | 1.51B | 1.68B | 1.73B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 83.92M | 81.25M | 88.10M | - | 89.75M | 86.43M | 85.35M | 82.43M | 88.57M | 111.50M | 130.59M | 131.21M | - | 177.60M | 278.86M | 307.32M | 293.90M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 585.01M | 1.01B | 1.09B | 1.13B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 658.33M | 1.12B | 1.21B | 1.24B |
| Total Equity | - | - | 93.99M | 16.43M | 11.29M | - | -8.41M | -12.25M | -21.52M | -24.53M | -37.86M | -15.83M | 122.75M | 362.14M | - | 497.90M | 1.02B | 1.55B | 1.57B |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51.69M | 57.99M | 63.36M | 63.51M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | - | - | 70.51M | 80.43M | 107.54M | 120.83M | 116.83M | 139.92M | - | 217.31M | 233.09M | 281.36M | 329.78M |
| Investing Cash Flow | - | - | -48.78M | -62.96M | -76.45M | -164.20M | -177.46M | -140.03M | - | -206.92M | -1.01B | -670.61M | -469.15M |
| Financing Cash Flow | - | - | -21.62M | -18.59M | -31.64M | 45.38M | 60.10M | 150.98M | - | 26.95M | 922.30M | 551.64M | -27.07M |
| Capital Expenditure | -53.28M | -43.33M | -49.99M | -54.24M | -64.86M | -73.23M | -103.17M | -108.11M | - | -130.96M | -154.91M | -203.51M | -245.74M |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | 20.51M | 26.20M | 42.68M | 47.60M | 13.66M | 31.81M | - | 86.35M | 78.19M | 77.85M | 84.03M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.34M | 149.76M | 162.39M | -166.44M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33.4% | 34.2% | 34.0% | 33.8% |
| Operating Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0% | -2.1% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 7.7% | - | 9.3% | 8.1% | 6.8% | 4.9% |
| Net Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | -1.2% | -3.6% | 1.0% | 4.3% | 11.8% | - | 4.9% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| ROE % | - | 40.9% | -472.2% | -479.8% | 274.7% | 60.3% | 27.9% | 57.6% | -40.6% | 25.8% | 25.2% | - | 10.7% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| ROCE % | - | 4.9% | -2.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 5.8% | 8.2% | -2.4% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 5.6% | - | 8.0% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 3.0% |
Shareholding Pattern
Insiders
0.60%
Institutions
123.07%
Public Float
123.81%
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 14.45% | 9.05M | $743.41M |
| 2 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.35% | 3.35M | $275.54M |
| 3 | Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC | 4.48% | 2.80M | $230.44M |
| 4 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 4.47% | 2.80M | $229.99M |
| 5 | Wasatch Advisors LP | 4.12% | 2.58M | $212.18M |
| 6 | State Street Corporation | 3.82% | 2.39M | $196.32M |
| 7 | Capital Research Global Investors | 3.72% | 2.33M | $191.47M |
| 8 | Capital International Investors | 3.12% | 1.95M | $160.46M |
| 9 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 2.71% | 1.70M | $139.65M |
| 10 | Invesco Ltd. | 2.64% | 1.65M | $135.86M |
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