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CWST Financials Casella Waste Systems Inc

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 18.9% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (-38.7% vs 18.9% per year).
  • Operating margin has contracted, at 3.5% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 21.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Operating income covered interest expense 1.0× in the latest year.
Revenue & net income
-$78M $880M $2B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-4% 15% 35% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
-480% -103% 275% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $43M $86M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $179M $358M 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$1B -$42M $922M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1.8B $8M 33.8% 3.5% 0.5% 0.2% $85M $124M
2024 $1.6B $14M 34.0% 4.7% 0.9% 0.4% $78M $358M
2023 $1.3B $25M 34.2% 6.4% 2.5% 1.0% $78M $221M
2022 $1.1B $53M 33.4% 8.8% 10.7% 3.7% $86M $71M
2021 $889M $41M 34.5% 8.7% 9.7% 3.2% $59M $34M
2020 $775M $91M 33.4% 7.7% 25.2% 7.6% $32M $154M
2019 $743M $32M 31.6% 7.1% 25.8% 3.4% $14M $3M
2018 $661M $6M 31.4% 6.0% -40.6% 0.9% $48M $4M
2017 $599M -$22M 32.4% -2.1% 57.6% -3.5% $43M $2M
2016 $565M -$7M 32.4% 8.0% 27.9% -1.1% $26M $3M
2015 -$13M 60.3% -2.0% $21M $2M
2014 -$23M 274.7% -3.6% $2M
2013 -$54M -479.8% -8.2% $2M
2012 -$78M -472.2% -12.2% $5M
2011 $38M 40.9% 5.6% $2M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CWST against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 407.5 815.0 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 2.8 5.7 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is CWST growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Casella Waste Systems Inc's revenue has grown 18.9% per year, and net income declined 38.7% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CWST have?

As of FY2025, Casella Waste Systems Inc reported — of total debt against $124M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 1.0×.

What is CWST's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 33.8%, operating margin 3.5%, and net margin 0.4%.

What is CWST's P/E ratio?

As of Sep '26, Casella Waste Systems Inc traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 774.6× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.