Casella Waste Systems CWST
NASDAQ CWST
$78.07 -2.28 (-2.84%)
At close: Oct 1, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Updated

Casella Waste Systems (CWST) posted Free Cash Flow of $26.46 million for Q2 2026, up 14.5% from $23.12 million a year earlier and up 115.6% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Free Cash Flow at Casella Waste Systems was $105.67 million, up 16.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $84.71 million, up 8.4% from FY2024.

  • Annual Free Cash Flow shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 21.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Casella Waste Systems' Free Cash Flow was $78.13 million in FY2024 (-0.1%), $78.19 million in FY2023 (-9.5%), $86.35 million in FY2022 (+45.3%) and $59.44 million in FY2021 (+86.8%).
  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow has run from a low of -$22.57 million in Q1 2024 to a high of $40.35 million in Q3 2024 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Free Cash Flow increased in four of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 35.0%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow in the past five years was Q4 2022, with growth of 211.5%; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a decline of 50.3%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow for the three prior quarters was $12.27 million (Q1 2026), $39.3 million (Q4 2025) and $27.64 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Waste Management 81.64 Bn 80.55 Bn 2.73 Bn 1.10 Bn
2 Republic Services 64.27 Bn 63.89 Bn 1.87 Bn 761.00 Mn
3 Waste Connections 38.82 Bn 38.45 Bn 1.08 Bn 430.94 Mn
4 Clean Harbors 16.38 Bn 13.39 Bn 608.78 Mn 112.98 Mn
5 GFL Environmental 15.51 Bn 13.19 Bn 385.80 Mn 704.90 Mn
6 Casella Waste Systems 5.03 Bn 4.15 Bn 178.80 Mn 26.46 Mn
7 Onterris 470.12 Mn 429.40 Mn 82.26 Mn 499,000.00
8 Perma Fix Environmental Services 331.90 Mn 223.46 Mn -2.50 Mn -6.99 Mn
9 Deep Isolation Nuclear 182.23 Mn 182.23 Mn 707,000.00 -2.86 Mn
10 Comstock 177.73 Mn 181.05 Mn -896,073.00 -15.08 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 26.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 12.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 39.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 27.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 23.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -5.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 32.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 40.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 27.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -22.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 10.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 34.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 34.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -1.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 21.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 27.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 25.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 11.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 6.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 29.57 Mn
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