Casella Waste Systems
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
87.6569.99
Price/Sales ratio
3.193.04
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.12$1.41

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-8.79-18.74-72.99-44.18189.4368.6733.17106.6477.13185.6481.6768.67
Price/Sales ratio
0.400.440.881.601.842.923.904.923.773.723.991.84
Price/Book Value ratio
-23.78-11.25-20.36-25.44-76.8117.708.3410.378.224.618.70-76.81
Price/Cash Flow ratio
4.093.446.218.9510.0618.6021.6023.9818.8420.2211.7210.06
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
55.1411.8419.0822.5725.54159.0995.0173.7347.4160.3028.7025.54
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.130.411.55-0.21-1.470.190.18-1.862.68-3.352.82-1.47
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
28.74%29.98%32.39%32.39%31.38%31.56%33.42%34.50%33.35%20.70%50.34%31.38%
Operating Profit Margin
2.39%5.83%7.95%-2.09%6.01%7.14%7.65%8.73%8.79%6.36%8.79%6.01%
Pretax Profit Margin
-5.12%-1.90%-1.12%-6.18%0.91%4.00%4.94%6.52%6.90%2.92%6.90%0.91%
Net Profit Margin
-4.64%-2.37%-1.21%-3.63%0.97%4.25%11.76%4.62%4.89%2.00%4.89%0.97%
Effective Tax Rate
-7.05%-12.95%-7.76%41.16%-6.36%-6.29%-137.86%29.19%29.19%31.43%29.19%-6.36%
Return on Assets
-3.55%-1.99%-1.08%-3.54%0.87%3.39%7.63%3.20%3.66%1.00%3.66%0.87%
Return On Equity
270.52%60.05%27.89%57.57%-40.55%25.78%25.15%9.72%10.66%2.48%11.31%-40.55%
Return on Capital Employed
2.12%5.64%8.18%-2.39%6.39%6.62%5.57%6.86%7.50%3.56%7.50%6.39%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
0.780.890.950.950.870.781.88N/AN/AN/A1.160.87
Quick Ratio
0.740.840.890.870.810.721.820.891.091.460.960.81
Cash ratio
0.020.020.030.020.030.021.170.220.400.790.400.03
Days of Sales Outstanding
40.8940.1839.5340.4842.6439.3834.9635.7033.9346.3033.9339.38
Days of Inventory outstanding
4.014.084.695.885.265.515.566.096.806.509.125.26
Operating Cycle
44.9144.2644.2246.3747.9144.8940.5341.8040.7352.8017.4944.89
Days of Payables Outstanding
49.9442.8542.9942.4146.1346.2034.8239.5337.4542.5150.2646.13
Cash Conversion Cycle
-5.031.411.233.961.78-1.315.702.263.2810.28-14.08-1.31
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.780.780.800.780.740.550.450.430.400.400.650.65
Debt Equity Ratio
-59.50-23.49-20.71-12.74-34.374.181.491.301.190.991.91-34.37
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
1.011.041.051.081.030.800.590.560.540.480.100.80
Total Debt to Capitalization
1.011.041.051.081.020.800.590.560.540.490.120.80
Interest Coverage Ratio
0.550.781.172.151.982.623.10N/AN/AN/A4.101.98
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.090.130.150.220.220.220.250.330.360.225.040.22
Company Equity Multiplier
-76.12-30.09-25.72-16.24-46.267.593.293.032.912.482.91-46.26
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.090.120.140.170.180.150.180.200.200.180.340.18
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.070.290.320.390.390.110.220.320.390.330.400.39
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.090.130.150.220.220.220.250.330.360.225.040.22
Short Term Coverage Ratio
56.0948.6917.1621.8352.5827.1615.1418.4524.236.5123.1427.16
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A