CWST Stock — Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CWST is a Stock. Total return is 295.5% over the past 29 years, 969.4 points behind SPY at 1264.9%.

Casella Waste Systems operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company, offering collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal services to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers across the United States, while also marketing recovered materials including cardboard, metals, and plastics. The company does not currently have an established regular distribution schedule. This business appeals to investors seeking exposure to essential waste management and environmental services operations.

CWST performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 295.5% over the past 29 years, 969.4 points behind SPY at 1264.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 2.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 30.2%.

CWST key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/29/1997

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$88.00 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$5,513,362,448

Average volume

700934.0

Beta

0.736

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

1100.0

Forward P/E

56.1798

EPS

$0.08

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CWST risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 30.2%.

Who may consider CWST — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CWST does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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