Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST)

NASDAQ: CWST · USD

$88.4

-5.28 (-5.6%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	5.6B
Revenue (ttm)	2B
Net income (ttm)	5.7M
EPS (ttm)	$0.08
Shares out	63.6M
P/E (trailing)	1105.9x
P/E (forward)	75.4x
Volume	547,037
Beta	0.78

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2B
Net income (ttm): 5.7M
EPS (ttm): $0.08
P/E (trailing): 1105.9x
P/E (forward): 75.4x
Market cap: 5.6B

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E75.4

P25 13.2P50 18.7P75 25.2

Trailing P/E1,105.9

P25 16.3P50 24.9P75 35.2

ROE0.4

P25 -18.2P50 6.2P75 16.4

ROIC2.1

P25 -10.4P50 5.2P75 12.3

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000911177
Company name	Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	147448104
Earnings date	2026-11-09
Earnings time	amc
Employees	5,600
Employees change	500
Employees growth	9.8%
Enterprise value	$7B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1975
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Waste Management
IPO date	1997-10-28
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1474481041
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-20
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$5.6B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-09
Options	Yes
Price	$88.43
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	4953
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CWST
U.S. state	Vermont
Website	https://www.casella.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	66.99x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	279.3x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	545.13x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	362.1x
Earnings yield	0.09%
EV/Earnings	1,258.42x
EV/EBIT	76.2x
EV/EBITDA	17.13x
EV/FCF	67.93x
EV/Sales	3.67x
FCF / EV yield	1.47%
FCF yield	1.84%
Forward EV/Sales	3.27x
Forward P/E	75.35x
Forward P/S	2.62x
Graham number	6.68361
Graham upside	-92.61%
Industry forward P/E	30.88x
Industry P/E	41.23x
Lynch fair value	$0.40
Lynch upside	-99.56%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	62.35x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	17.04x
P/B ratio	3.77x
P/E ratio	1,105.86x
P/FCF ratio	54.49x
P/OCF ratio	16.4x
P/S ratio	2.94x
PEG ratio	12.49x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.74x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	4.82%
EBITDA margin	21.43%
Effective tax rate	35.49%
FCF margin	5.4%
Gross margin	33.42%
Operating margin	4.82%
Pretax margin	0.45%
Profit margin	0.29%
Profit per employee	$1,019
Profitable quarters	1
Profitable years	8
Revenue per employee	$349,193
ROA	1.73%
ROA (5Y)	3.23%
ROCE	2.91%
ROE	0.36%
ROE (5Y)	5.38%
ROIC	2.14%
ROIC (5Y)	4.67%
SBC / revenue	0.68%
Tax / revenue	0.16%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-54.93%
EPS growth (Q)	-25.92%
EPS growth 3Y	-52.94%
EPS growth 5Y	-46.71%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	16.1%
FCF growth (Q)	14.45%
FCF growth (QoQ)	115.61%
FCF growth 3Y	8.93%
FCF growth 5Y	19.24%
Gross profit growth	12.62%
Gross profit growth (Q)	13.69%
Gross profit growth 3Y	19.97%
Gross profit growth 5Y	18.56%
Net income growth	-48.36%
Net income growth (Q)	-27.61%
Net income growth 3Y	-47.81%
Net income growth 5Y	-42.92%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	2.91%
OCF growth (Q)	10.33%
OCF growth (QoQ)	58.66%
OCF growth 10Y	15.63%
OCF growth 3Y	19.02%
OCF growth 5Y	17.55%
Operating income growth	-1.87%
Operating income growth (Q)	5.43%
Operating income growth 3Y	-2.6%
Operating income growth 5Y	4.63%
Revenue growth	13.59%
Revenue growth (Q)	16.85%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	18.9%
Revenue growth 10Y	13.39%
Revenue growth 3Y	20.43%
Revenue growth 5Y	19.33%
Revenue growth quarters	45
Revenue growth years	12

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-245.5M
Depreciation and amortization	$324.8M
EBIT	$94.2M
EBITDA	$419M
EPS	$0.08
FCF per share	$1.66
Financing cash flow	$151.8M
Free cash flow	$105.7M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$92.4M
Gross profit	$653.5M
Income taxes	$3.1M
Investing cash flow	$-695.2M
Net borrowing	$153.7M
Net cash flow	$-192.2M
Net income	$5.7M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$337.8M
Operating income	$94.2M
Revenue	$2B
Stock-based compensation	$13.3M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.39
Book value per share	$24.83
Debt / EBITDA	3.18
Debt / equity	0.92
Debt / FCF	13.7
Goodwill	$1.4B
Interest coverage	1.45
Long-term assets	$3.2B
Long-term liabilities	$1.7B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.4B
Net cash / market cap	-24.66%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.39
Net debt / equity	0.9
Net debt / FCF	13.44
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	$1.5B
Shareholders' equity	$1.6B
Tangible book value	$-134.3M
Tangible book value per share	$-2.11
Total assets	$3.6B
Total cash	$27.8M
Total debt	$1.4B
Total liabilities	$2B
WACC	7.42%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.57
Current assets	$314.6M
Current liabilities	$317M
Current ratio	0.99
Net working capital	$9.3M
Quick ratio	0.78
Working capital	$-2.4M
Working capital turnover	20.72

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-1.97%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	-1.97%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	706.12%
10Y return CAGR	23.21%
10Y total return	706.12%
150-day SMA	$88.02
15Y price change	1,203.84%
15Y return CAGR	18.67%
15Y total return	1,203.84%
1D price change	-5.63%
1M price change	7.33%
1M total return	7.33%
1W price change	-5.16%
1W total return	-5.16%
1Y price change	-0.65%
1Y return CAGR	-0.65%
1Y total return	-0.65%
20-day SMA	$87.36
200-day SMA	$90.18
20Y price change	684.62%
20Y return CAGR	10.85%
20Y total return	684.62%
3M price change	-1.15%
3M total return	-1.15%
3Y price change	20.06%
3Y return CAGR	6.28%
3Y total return	20.06%
50-day SMA	$88.79
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$107.96
52-week high date	2026-02-11
52-week low	$74.05
52-week low date	2026-03-25
5Y price change	6.48%
5Y return CAGR	1.26%
5Y total return	6.48%
6M price change	15.01%
6M total return	15.01%
All-time high	$121.24
All-time high date	2025-05-07
All-time low	$0.53
All-time low date	2009-03-13
Average true range (ATR)	$3.47
Average volume	716.5K
Beta (1Y)	0.03
Beta (2Y)	0.17
Beta (5Y)	0.78
Change from 52-week high	-18.09%
Change from 52-week low	19.42%
Change from all-time high	-27.19%
Change from all-time low	16,554.72%
Change from open	-5.02%
Day's gap	-0.65%
Dollar volume	$48.4M
High price	$93.10
Low price	$88.08
Monthly RSI	47.04
Open price	$93.10
Position in 52-week range	6.97%
Premarket change	0.19%
Premarket close	$93.71
Premarket price	$93.89
Previous close	$93.71
Price vs 150-day SMA	0.29%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.04%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-2.11%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-0.59%
Relative volume	0.76
RSI	49.06
Sharpe ratio	0.06
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.18
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.06
Sortino ratio	0.26
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.47
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.29
Volume	547K
Weekly RSI	48.44
YTD price change	-9.87%
YTD total return	-9.87%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	62.3M
Float percentage	97.83%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.22%
Shares change (YoY)	1.97%
Shares held by insiders	2.14%
Shares held by institutions	121.85%
Shares outstanding	63.6M
Short % of float	8.13%
Short % of shares	7.96%
Short ratio	9.7 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST)

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