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Casella John W: insider trades

Chief executive at Casella Waste Systems Inc. No open-market purchases and 26 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from June 28, 2010 to March 2, 2026.

What happened after Casella John W’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved +0.3% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 54% trailed it.

With 296 insiders tested, some will look skilled or unskilled by chance alone: when we replaced each insider’s stocks with random companies bought on the same days, about 5.7 cleared the bar ahead and 23.3 behind. One record on its own proves little.

Trade by trade

Casella John W: trades against the S&P 500 afterwards
MeasuredTrades countedAverage vs S&P 500MedianWent the right wayYearst-statisticp-valueEvidence
Purchases, 3 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 6 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the trade 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 3 months after the report 25 −0.4% −1.1% 56% 15 −0.16 0.87 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 24 +0.3% −2.5% 54% 14 0.33 0.75 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the trade 24 −1.4% −3.0% 54% 14 0.14 0.89 No reliable evidence

“Average vs S&P 500” is the stock’s return including dividends minus the index’s over the same dates, from the close on the first trading day after the report, or from the close on the trade date. Only windows that have finished are counted. For sales, a negative figure means the stock lagged after it was sold, so selling was the right call (green). “Went the right way” is the share of purchases that beat the index, or of sales that trailed it. The t-statistic uses one average per year of reports, because one person’s trades bunch into the same stock and weeks, and needs trades in at least four different years; the p-value comes from the t distribution with that number of years (with four years, a t of 2 has p = 0.14). “Some evidence” means p under 5%, “strong evidence” p under 1% over at least six years.

Companies traded

CompanyTitle on the latest filingPurchasesSalesFirst reportLatest report
Casella Waste Systems Inc CWST CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER026June 28, 2010March 2, 2026

Trades and what followed

Moves are against the S&P 500; green means the trade went the insider’s way.

ReportedTradedCompanyTradeValue3 months after report12 months after report12 months after trade
March 2, 2026February 27, 2026 CWST Sale $626,191 −21.4%not yetnot yet
May 9, 2025May 8, 2025 CWST Sale $2,168,808 −22.6%−54.3%−62.1%
March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 CWST Sale $1,546,149 −1.7%−33.8%−36.5%
November 18, 2024November 14, 2024 CWST Sale $2,973,535 +0.9%−26.1%−27.4%
November 6, 2024November 5, 2024 CWST Sale $2,369,564 −1.1%−33.2%−31.3%
February 29, 2024February 28, 2024 CWST Sale $1,832,481 +7.3%+7.4%+9.3%
August 4, 2023August 2, 2023 CWST Sale $2,967,362 +2.0%+11.9%+9.3%
November 15, 2022November 10, 2022 CWST Sale $1,582,986 −7.9%−16.4%−18.3%
March 15, 2022March 14, 2022 CWST Sale $1,450,698 −11.3%−0.6%−2.3%
August 6, 2021August 4, 2021 CWST Sale $7,704,200 +20.0%+29.0%+26.6%
August 10, 2020August 6, 2020 CWST Sale $5,475,000 −1.1%−9.9%−11.4%
May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 CWST Sale $2,310,791 −1.8%−5.3%−3.7%
May 14, 2020May 12, 2020 CWST Sale $1,365,895 −2.7%−4.3%−7.9%
August 8, 2019August 6, 2019 CWST Sale $4,418,327 −15.1%+7.3%+5.0%
May 7, 2019May 3, 2019 CWST Sale $1,683,576 +24.4%+26.0%+18.9%
February 27, 2019February 26, 2019 CWST Sale $2,416,117 +8.1%+29.0%+37.3%
May 31, 2018May 29, 2018 CWST Sale $611,870 +12.1%+60.0%+55.8%
November 9, 2017November 7, 2017 CWST Sale $1,205,948 +25.1%+55.3%+52.4%
March 13, 2017March 10, 2017 CWST Sale $176,120 +22.7%+72.8%+67.6%
June 11, 2015June 10, 2015 CWST Sale $16,572 +21.8%+29.8%+30.5%
July 7, 2014July 3, 2014 CWST Sale $50,894 −27.8%+1.5%+2.4%
December 17, 2013December 13, 2013 CWST Sale $293,939 −11.5%−43.6%−50.1%
July 19, 2012July 17, 2012 CWST Sale $68,810 −16.6%−33.3%−39.2%
March 9, 2012March 7, 2012 CWST Sale $93,300 −11.9%−50.4%−48.4%
June 28, 2011June 24, 2011 CWST Sale $57,866 +0.7%−11.6%−8.9%
June 28, 2010June 24, 2010 CWST Sale $24,245 not yetnot yetnot yet

Open-market purchases and sales of at least $10,000 in companies we cover, from SEC Form 4 filings; sales made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 plan are not shown. “Not yet” means the window has not finished or the share price was under $5 at entry. These are the shares’ moves after each trade: they say nothing about why Casella John W traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.