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CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC CWST

Refuse Systems · CIK 0000911177 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$1.84B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$63.67M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$84.70M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$7.20BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float / net income914.8×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue3.9×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity4.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

914.8× earnings today, against a median of 116.9× across 8 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$7.20B914.8×
2024-06-28$5.60B413.7×
2023-06-30$5.10B200.8×
2022-06-30$3.60B67.8×
2021-06-30$3.10B75.4×
2020-06-30$2.40B26.3×
2019-06-28$1.76B55.8×
2018-06-29$1.02B158.4×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Refuse Systems filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Long-term debt / equity0.72x0th
Revenue YoY growth18.0%89th
Current ratio1.26x80th
CapEx / revenue13.3%71th
FCF margin4.6%67th
Net margin0.4%67th
Operating margin3.5%67th
SBC / revenue0.8%43th
Gross margin33.8%50th

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC (CWST) reported revenue of $1.84B and net income of $7.87M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Refuse Systems.

Income

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$1.84B$1.56B$1.26B$1.09B$889.21M$774.58M$743.29M$660.66M$599.31M$565.03M
Cost of revenue$1.22B$1.03B$832.04M$723.12M$582.40M$515.65M$508.66M$453.29M$405.19M$381.97M
Gross profit$620.24M$529.95M$432.50M$361.97M$306.81M$258.94M$234.63M$207.37M$194.12M$183.06M
Operating income$63.67M$72.76M$80.43M$95.39M$77.66M$59.30M$53.08M$39.73M-$12.58M$44.94M
Net income$7.87M$13.54M$25.40M$53.08M$41.10M$91.11M$31.65M$6.42M-$21.80M-$6.85M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 63.56Mshares 59.68Mshares 55.27Mshares 51.77Mshares 51.52Mshares 49.04Mshares 47.97Mshares 44.17Mshares 41.85Mshares 41.23M
Pretax income$13.05M$21.05M$37.04M$74.97M$58.05M$38.30M$29.78M$6.04M-$37.05M-$6.36M
Income tax expense$5.18M$7.51M$11.65M$21.89M$16.95M-$52.80M-$1.87M-$384.00K-$15.25M$494.00K
Diluted EPS$0.12$0.23$0.46$1.03$0.80$1.86$0.66$0.15$-0.52$-0.17
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrative$224.22M$190.75M$155.85M$133.42M$118.83M$102.41M$92.78M$84.79M$79.24M$75.36M
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$123.77M$358.30M$220.91M$71.15M$33.81M$154.34M$3.47M$4.01M$2.00M$2.54M
Total assets$3.30B$3.23B$2.54B$1.45B$1.28B$1.19B$932.18M$732.41M$614.95M$631.51M
Current assets$369.28M$613.30M$426.32M$207.48M$146.48M$247.25M$102.81M$97.09M$84.38M$78.59M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$293.90M$307.32M$278.86M$177.60M$152.19M$131.21M$130.59M$111.50M$88.57M$82.43M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.57B$1.55B$1.02B$497.90M$422.46M$362.14M$122.75M-$15.83M-$37.86M-$24.55M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$178.07M$165.92M$157.32M$100.89M$86.98M$74.20M$80.20M$74.94M$65.95M$61.20M
Goodwill$1.12B$1.00B$735.67M$274.46M$232.86M$194.90M$185.82M$162.73M$122.60M$119.90M
Long-term debt$1.13B$1.09B$1.01B$585.02M$542.50M$530.41M$509.02M$542.00M$477.58M$503.96M
Accounts payable$102.47M$111.09M$116.79M$74.20M$63.09M$49.20M$64.40M$57.29M$47.08M$45.00M

Cash flow

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$329.78M$281.36M$233.09M$217.31M$182.74M$139.92M$116.83M$120.83M$107.54M$80.43M
Capital expenditures$245.07M$203.23M$154.91M$130.96M$123.30M$108.11M$103.16M$73.23M$64.86M$54.24M
Investing cash flow-$469.15M-$670.61M-$1.01B-$206.92M-$293.15M-$140.03M-$177.46M-$164.20M-$76.45M-$62.96M
Financing cash flow-$27.07M$551.64M$922.30M$26.95M-$10.12M$150.98M$60.10M$45.38M-$31.64M-$18.58M
Net change in cash-$166.44M$162.39M$149.76M$37.34M-$120.53M$150.87M-$536.00K$2.01M-$549.00K-$1.12M
Stock-based compensation$14.22M$12.19M$9.08M$8.16M$11.55M$8.22M$7.22M$8.44M$6.43M$3.39M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchasesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$306.84M$234.91M$170.70M$126.35M$103.59M$90.78M$79.79M$70.51M$62.10M$61.86M

Derived

CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flow$84.70M$78.13M$78.18M$86.35M$59.44M$31.81M$13.66M$47.60M$42.68M$26.20M
Gross margin33.8%34.0%34.2%33.4%34.5%33.4%31.6%31.4%32.4%32.4%
Operating margin3.5%4.7%6.4%8.8%8.7%7.7%7.1%6.0%-2.1%8.0%
FCF margin4.6%5.0%6.2%8.0%6.7%4.1%1.8%7.2%7.1%4.6%
SBC / revenue0.8%0.8%0.7%0.8%1.3%1.1%1.0%1.3%1.1%0.6%
Current ratio1.26x2.00x1.53x1.17x0.96x1.88x0.79x0.87x0.95x0.95x
Revenue YoY growth18.0%23.1%16.5%22.0%14.8%4.2%12.5%10.2%6.1%Unavailable
Net margin0.4%0.9%2.0%4.9%4.6%11.8%4.3%1.0%-3.6%-1.2%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue13.3%13.1%12.3%12.1%13.9%14.0%13.9%11.1%10.8%9.6%
Long-term debt / equity0.72xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate39.7%35.7%31.4%29.2%29.2%-137.9%-6.3%-6.4%UnavailableUnavailable

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CWST in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-01View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-20View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-02View SEC filing

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