Casella Waste Systems - CWST Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Casella Waste Systems in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CWST shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Casella Waste Systems' shares. Their CWST share price forecasts range from $81.00 to $95.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $90.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price.
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Casella Waste Systems' stock was trading at $79.31 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CWST stock has increased by 1.5% and is now trading at $80.51.
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Casella Waste Systems saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,390,000 shares, an increase of 19.8% from the February 28th total of 1,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 255,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 17th. The industrial products company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.06. The industrial products company earned $272.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $264.15 million. Casella Waste Systems had a net margin of 4.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.13%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.21 EPS.

ETFs with the largest weight of Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) stock in their portfolio include Sterling Capital Focus Equity ETF (LCG), Alger Mid Cap 40 ETF (FRTY), VanEck Environmental Services ETF (EVX), Putnam Sustainable Future ETF (PFUT), VanEck Green Infrastructure ETF (RNEW), Invesco DWA SmallCap Momentum ETF (DWAS), Strategy Shares Halt Climate Change ETF (NZRO) and Invesco Raymond James SB-1 Equity ETF (RYJ).

Casella Waste Systems issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.15 billion-$1.18 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.17 billion.

37 employees have rated Casella Waste Systems Chief Executive Officer John W. Casella on Glassdoor.com. John W. Casella has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

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Casella Waste Systems trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CWST."

Casella Waste Systems' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (5.86%), Earnest Partners LLC (5.36%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (4.72%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.66%), Fred Alger Management LLC (4.44%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher Heald, Douglas R Casella, Edmond Coletta, Edwin D Johnson, Emily Nagle Green, James E Oconnor, James F Callahan Jr, John W Casella, John W Casella, Michael K Burke, Paul Ligon, Shelley E Sayward and William P Hulligan.
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One share of CWST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.51.

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST) has a market capitalization of $4.16 billion and generates $1.09 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $53.08 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.02 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,200 workers across the globe.

Casella Waste Systems' mailing address is 25 GREENS HILL ROAD, RUTLAND VT, 05701. The official website for the company is www.casella.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (802) 775-0325, via email at ned.coletta@casella.com, or via fax at 802-775-6198.