Casella Waste Systems Financial Ratios
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Casella Waste Systems ratio analysis
Casella Waste Systems earned a net margin of 0.4% in FY 2025, down from 0.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 33.8% compared with a median of 33.4% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 0.5%, meaning Casella Waste Systems generated 0.01 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.74 versus 0.73 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.26. At the end of FY 2025, CWST traded at 822.1 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 33.3 to 822.1, with a median of 146.2. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Casella Waste Systems financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 822.08 | 457.39 | 185.78 | 77.00 | 106.77 | 33.31 | 70.95 | 185.67 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 3.41 | 4.02 | 3.73 | 3.77 | 4.93 | 3.90 | 2.98 | 1.80 | 1.61 | 0.91 |
| Price / book | 3.99 | 4.04 | 4.61 | 8.22 | 10.38 | 8.35 | 18.02 | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 34.0% | 34.2% | 33.4% | 34.5% | 33.4% | 31.6% | 31.4% | 32.4% | 32.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.7% | 6.4% | 8.8% | 8.7% | 7.7% | 7.1% | 6.0% | -2.1% | 8.0% |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 11.8% | 4.3% | 1.0% | -3.6% | -1.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.6% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 4.1% | 1.8% | 7.2% | 7.1% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 0.5% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 25.2% | 25.8% | — | — | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 7.6% | 3.4% | 0.9% | -3.5% | -1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.74 | 0.73 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.31 | 1.49 | 4.18 | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 2.00 | 1.53 | 1.17 | 0.96 | 1.88 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
| Revenue growth | 18.0% | 23.1% | 16.5% | 22.0% | 14.8% | 4.2% | 12.5% | 10.2% | 6.1% | 3.4% |
| EPS growth | -47.8% | -50.0% | -55.3% | 28.7% | -57.0% | 181.8% | 340.0% | — | — | — |