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Casella Waste Systems Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Casella Waste Systems Inc had return on equity of 0.5% and a net margin of 0.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Apr 20102011Apr 20112012Apr 20122013Apr 20132014Apr 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−3.0%8.5%−16.6%−11.9%−4.6%−2.4%−1.2%−3.6%1.0%4.3%11.8%4.6%4.9%2.0%0.9%0.4%0.3%
Return on equity−27.6%53.3%−140.5%——————59.2%37.6%10.5%11.5%3.3%1.1%0.5%0.4%
Return on assets—5.6%−11.7%−8.3%−3.5%−2.0%−1.1%−3.5%1.0%3.8%8.6%3.3%3.9%1.3%0.5%0.2%0.2%
Effective tax rate————————−6.4%−6.3%—29.2%29.2%31.4%35.7%39.7%35.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $3.6bn
Short-term assets $315mLonger-term assets $3.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $1.9bn
Short-term liabilities $317mShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $315m of assets due within a year against $317m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $26m of cash against $1.3bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 84% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 128% to 84% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $351m of operating cash flow against $1.3bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $66m against $65m of interest.

From Casella Waste Systems Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

35 /100

Weak moat

How hard Casella Waste Systems's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 0 / 20

    Net income has been a median 1.9% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 33.5%, moving by 1.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.7%; its worst year was -2.3%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 5.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 25.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Casella Waste Systems Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Casella Waste Systems Inc.