Casella Waste Systems (CWST) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)
Casella Waste Systems (CWST) posted FCF Margin of 4.87% for Q2 2026, down 0.10 percentage points from 4.97% a year earlier but up 2.18 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Casella Waste Systems (CWST) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, FCF Margin at Casella Waste Systems was 5.40%, up 0.12 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 4.61%, down 0.41 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +0.50 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Casella Waste Systems' FCF Margin was 5.02% in FY2024 (-1.17 pp), 6.18% in FY2023 (-1.78 pp), 7.96% in FY2022 (+1.27 pp) and 6.68% in FY2021 (+2.58 pp).
- Quarterly FCF Margin has run from a low of -6.62% in Q1 2024 to a high of 12.22% in Q3 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.02 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for FCF Margin in the past five years was Q1 2025, with a gain of 5.34 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a drop of 5.93 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin for the three prior quarters was 2.68% (Q1 2026), 8.38% (Q4 2025) and 5.69% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 94.52 Bn | 93.36 Bn | 2.75 Bn | 14.36% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 75.60 Bn | 75.21 Bn | 1.90 Bn | 14.13% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 47.74 Bn | 47.38 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 15.05% |
| 4 | GFL Environmental | 16.98 Bn | 14.99 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Clean Harbors | 15.14 Bn | 12.48 Bn | 661.44 Mn | 13.18% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 6.31 Bn | 5.43 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 4.87% |
| 7 | Onterris | 829.12 Mn | 775.01 Mn | 88.27 Mn | 19.71% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 330.79 Mn | 223.53 Mn | 552,000.00 | -28.08% |
| 9 | Comstock | 147.04 Mn | 6.26 Mn | -606,061.00 | -2,860.29% |
| 10 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 109.56 Mn | 109.56 Mn | 707,000.00 | -216.76% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.87% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.68% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.38% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.69% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.97% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.28% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -6.62% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.98% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.83% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.94% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.69% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.93% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.04% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 12.22% |
API Access
Casella Waste Systems FCF Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=CWST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "CWST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=CWST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();