Growth Metrics

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

Casella Waste Systems (CWST) has disclosed Operating Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 2.53% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 180.0% year-over-year to 2.53%, compared with a TTM value of 3.47% through Dec 2025, down 121.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 3.47%, down 121.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 2.53% for Q4 2025 at Casella Waste Systems, down from 6.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 12.29% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.75% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 6.28%, with a median of 6.08% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin surged 250bps in 2021, then crashed -377bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 6.75% in 2021, then fell by -6bps to 6.33% in 2022, then crashed by -41bps to 3.72% in 2023, then increased by 17bps to 4.33% in 2024, then crashed by -42bps to 2.53% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for CWST at 2.53% in Q4 2025, 6.05% in Q3 2025, and 4.14% in Q2 2025.