Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST)Industrials | Waste Management | Rutland, United States | NasdaqGS
88.00 USD
+1.50
(1.734%)
⇧
(Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 88.00 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:02 a.m. EDT
Despite a decade-long price appreciation, Casella Waste Systems is currently struggling with deteriorating profitability, evidenced by a 25.9% earnings contraction and negligible returns on equity. The stock trades below key moving averages, reflecting short-term weakness, yet analysts maintain a buy rating with a 32% upside target. Investors receive no dividend yield, forcing reliance on capital appreciation. Options data highlights a defensive posture with heavy put buying at lower strikes, while call interest clusters near the 95 to 100 resistance zone. The valuation relies heavily on the anticipated earnings recovery rather than current operational efficiency. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.041186 |
| AutoETS | 0.041186 |
| MSTL | 0.041744 |
| AutoTheta | 0.053789 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 30.92 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.053 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.31 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 91.623 |
| Revenue per Share | 30.776 |
| Market Cap | 5,600,324,096 |
| Trailing P/E | 977.78 |
| Forward P/E | 61.27 |
| Beta | 0.78 |
| Profit Margins | 0.29% |
| Website | https://www.casella.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 6:02 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put open interest at the 65 and 80 strikes for November expiration, suggesting a fear of downside risk. Call positioning is lighter but targets the 95 to 100 range, while implied volatility remains elevated on near-term contracts, indicating uncertainty surrounding the upcoming earnings release.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.024447083 |
| Address1 | 25 Green Hill Lane |
| All Time High | 121.24 |
| All Time Low | 0.53 |
| Ask | 111.96 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.7 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 672,340 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 573,260 |
| Average Volume | 573,260 |
| Average Volume10Days | 672,340 |
| Beta | 0.782 |
| Bid | 87.76 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 24.828 |
| City | Rutland |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 88.0 |
| Current Ratio | 0.993 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 88.94 |
| Day Low | 86.58 |
| Debt To Equity | 91.623 |
| Display Name | Casella Waste Systems |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,794,340,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,794,340,800 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.259 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.276 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | 419,017,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.21428 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 16.754 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.59 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,020,213,248 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.24489 |
| Eps Forward | 1.43615 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.09 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 802 775 6198 |
| Fifty Day Average | 88.4102 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.41020203 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0046397587 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 2.4447083 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 107.96 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -19.96 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.18488328 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 74.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 13.949997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.18838617 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 74.05 - 107.96 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 878,135,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 62,257,784 |
| Forward Eps | 1.43615 |
| Forward P E | 61.274937 |
| Free Cashflow | 121,703,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 5,600 |
| Fullday Change | 1.5 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.734104 |
| Fullday Price | 88.0 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.3342 |
| Gross Profits | 653,523,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00561 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.25795 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 63,640,046 |
| Industry | Waste Management |
| Industry Disp | Waste Management |
| Industry Key | waste-management |
| Ir Website | http://www.casella.com/who-we-are/investor-relations |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,600,324,096 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_26175 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 5,704,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,396,675,900 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 10 |
| Open | 86.91 |
| Operating Cashflow | 351,153,984 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0499 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 3.29 |
| Phone | 802 775 0325 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 88.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,180,853 |
| Previous Close | 86.5 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 70.68898 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.5443854 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.8639097 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0029199999 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.783 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.72727 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.5 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.734104 |
| Regular Market Day High | 88.94 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 86.58 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 86.58 - 88.94 |
| Regular Market Open | 86.91 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 86.5 |
| Regular Market Price | 88.0 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,180,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 619,804 |
| Return On Assets | 0.017280001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.00364 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.169 |
| Revenue Per Share | 30.776 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.13723719 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 62,651,846 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0796 |
| Shares Short | 5,063,987 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,840,044 |
| Short Name | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1083 |
| Short Ratio | 9.69 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VT |
| Symbol | CWST |
| Target High Price | 130.0 |
| Target Low Price | 91.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 108.4 |
| Target Median Price | 109.0 |
| Total Cash | 27,774,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.436 |
| Total Debt | 1,447,662,976 |
| Total Revenue | 1,955,481,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.09 |
| Trailing P E | 977.7777 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 90.4668 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.4667969 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.027267428 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 619,804 |
| Website | https://www.casella.com |
| Zip | 5,701 |