Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Casella Waste Systems (CWST) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.13% for Q2 2026, down 0.07 percentage points from 2.21% a year earlier and down 0.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Casella Waste Systems (CWST) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Casella Waste Systems posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.14%, down 0.68 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -4.22 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 2.83% in FY2024 (-1.87 pp), 4.69% in FY2023 (-3.33 pp), 8.02% in FY2022 (+0.88 pp) and 7.15% in FY2021 (+0.78 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of 2.12% in Q4 2025 and a high of 7.73% in Q3 2022.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last 13 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.69 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q1 2023 (a gain of 0.82 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2023 (a drop of 4.06 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.16% (Q1 2026), 2.12% (Q4 2025) and 2.36% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.78 Bn | 80.69 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 11.24% |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.17 Bn | 63.79 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 10.90% |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.78 Bn | 38.40 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 8.67% |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.83 Bn | 13.84 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 11.31% |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.57 Bn | 13.25 Bn | 385.80 Mn | -3.41% |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.19 Bn | 4.31 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 2.13% |
| 7 | Onterris | 445.90 Mn | 405.17 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 0.92% |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 329.99 Mn | 221.55 Mn | -2.50 Mn | -29.66% |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 184.53 Mn | 184.53 Mn | 707,000.00 | -61.32% |
| 10 | Comstock | 172.41 Mn | 175.73 Mn | -896,073.00 | -31.61% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.13% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.16% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.36% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.21% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.33% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.68% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.40% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.08% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.41% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.65% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.73% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.28% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.58% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.87% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.02% |
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Casella Waste Systems Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CWST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CWST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();