Growth Metrics

Casella Waste Systems (CWST) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Casella Waste Systems' FCF Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 8.38% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 68.0% year-over-year to 8.38%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 4.61%, down 41.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 4.61%, 41.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 8.38% in Q4 2025 per CWST's latest filing, up from 5.69% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 12.22% in Q3 2021 to a low of 6.62% in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 5.87%, with a median of 7.49% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: skyrocketed 557bps in 2021, then plummeted -593bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 2.87% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 177bps to 7.93% in 2022, then plummeted by -62bps to 2.98% in 2023, then surged by 158bps to 7.69% in 2024, then rose by 9bps to 8.38% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CWST's FCF Margin are 8.38% (Q4 2025), 5.69% (Q3 2025), and 4.97% (Q2 2025).