Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) is a publicly traded company in the Industrials — Waste Management industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste management firm across the northeastern United States. The company specializes in comprehensive waste and resource management solutions, encompassing solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, recycling, and organic waste services. These offerings cater to a diverse clientele, including residential, commercial, municipal, institutional, and industrial customers.
Is Casella Waste Systems, Inc. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) trades at 950× earnings (P/E), against a median of 25.8× across the 297 industrials companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. Note: earnings per share over the last twelve months ($0.09) are far from the consensus for 2027 ($1.57); that is why this range uses expected earnings. No valuation verdict: its last-twelve-month earnings are distorted, so its P/E is no use for comparing it.
Kaplio overview: Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Market cap $6B · 52 weeks $75 – $107 (13 % below the high) · P/E 950× · 2027 expected P/E 56.4× · Dividend none · Next earnings November 9, 2026 · expected EPS $0.42 · Closing price, Oct 28 · accounts published Aug 6.
- Valuation: P/E 983.7× (no verdict).
- Business: ROIC 2 % (weak).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 2.8× (passes, near the threshold).
- Earnings: 7 of 8 (uneven).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
No valuation verdict: its last-twelve-month earnings are distorted, so its P/E is no use for comparing it.
Note: earnings per share over the last twelve months ($0.09) are far from the consensus for 2027 ($1.57); that is why this range uses expected earnings.
What matters in industrials: 6 of 9 pass
- Operating margin 4.9 %, fails.
- ROIC 1.7 %, fails.
- Capex / Revenue 13.3 %, fails.
- P/E vs own 10y history 949.9×, info.
- 5y revenue growth 12.8 %, passes.
- FCF conversion 1,076.2 %, passes.
- Net debt / EBITDA 2.8×, passes, near the threshold.
- Altman Z-Score 2.6, passes.
- Piotroski F-Score 5 de 9, passes.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 18.7×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Casella Waste Systems, Inc.: P/E —; EV/EBITDA 18.7×; ROIC 1.7 %; $5.5B. Waste Connections, Inc. (P/E 40.3×; EV/EBITDA 17.6×; ROIC 7.1 %; $45.0B), Republic Services, Inc. (P/E 33.1×; EV/EBITDA 15.7×; ROIC 9.1 %; $71.5B), Waste Management, Inc. (P/E 31.9×; EV/EBITDA 12.8×; ROIC 9.1 %; $90.0B).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 0.36% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 1.71% |
| Return on Assets | 0.16% |
| Gross Margin | 25.36% |
| Operating Margin | 4.45% |
| Net Margin | 0.29% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.91 |
| Current Ratio | 0.99 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 5 |
| Altman Z-Score | 2.62 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +16.85% |
| 3 months | +4.46% |
| Year-to-date | -4.32% |
| 1 year | +11.33% |
| 3 years | +25.31% |
| 5 years | +8.06% |
| 10 years | +736.70% |
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