“Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities associated with debt activity increased $178.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to borrowings against our Revolving Credit Facili…”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
CWST
Market read
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 16.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net income decreased 27.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Interest expense, net increased $2.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily due to lower interest income from lower average cash balances and, to a lesser extent, lower average interest rates.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CWST's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 16.9% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net income decreased 27.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Interest expense, net increased $2.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily due to lower interest income from lower average cash balances and, to a lesser extent, lower average interest rates.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +18.0% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 41.90x in the latest annual period.
- Input and raw-material costs has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Labor availability and costs has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Operating margin changed -1.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Diluted shares increased 6.5% in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 1797% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
89.89Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Surcharges and other fees increased solid waste revenues both quarterly and year-to-date due to higher energy and environmental fee (“E&E Fee(s)”) revenues associated with our fuel cost recovery program related to higher diesel fuel prices, higher sustainabil…”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
“Other operational costs increased in aggregate dollars while being mostly flat as a percentage of revenues due to (i) acquisitions, (ii) higher spending associated with supporting business growth, including personnel and facility related costs, and (iii) gene…”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
“Direct labor costs increased primarily due to acquisitions and higher wage and benefit rates.”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 3.1× · EV/sales 3.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CWST. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-08-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-07-31.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- +0.3%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +12.2%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +3.9%
- FCF margin change
- +1.9 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 16.9% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Net income decreased 27.6% versus the comparable filing period.
Filing receipts
“Capital expenditures were $(0.4) million higher in the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to higher spend related to landfill development, including the timing of rail capital expenditures related to our Subtitle D landfill located in Mount Jewitt, Pennsylvania, investment in our fleet and other growth activities, partially offset by lower spend related to acquisition activity and facilities.”
“Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities associated with debt activity increased $178.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to borrowings against our Revolving Credit Facility related to acquisition growth and finance lease activity.”
“The most significant items impacting the changes in our cost of operations during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the prior year periods, are summ arized below: • Direct costs increased primarily due to acquisitions and higher third-party disposal rates.”
Point-in-time filing assessment published from the live pipeline.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CWST
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
GFLGFL Environmental Inc.investeeFeb 20, 2026 ▾
“The three and six months ended June 30, 2024 included a charge for an increase in the reserve against accounts receivable of the businesses acquired in our acquisition of the equity interests of four wholly-owned subsidiaries of GFL Environmental Inc.”
GFLGFL Environmental Inc.partnerFeb 20, 2026 ▾
“We began entering into these wastesheds in fiscal year 2023 with the acquisition of the equity interests of four wholly-owned subsidiaries of GFL Environmental Inc.”
RSGRepublic Services, Inc.competitorFeb 20, 2026 ▾
“However, in the larger, more densely populated markets where we operate, we typically compete against one or more of the large national solid waste companies, including Waste Management, Inc., Republic Services, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CWST is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Waste Management. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for CWST; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.