CWSTCasella Waste Systems, Inc.

$81.48-13% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 25 out of 100, Weak
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Weak. Casella Waste Systems, Inc. scores higher than 22% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on new capital.

Industrials median 53 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

0median 13

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is valued at 57.2x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: past the 25 times where this criterion gives nothing.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
57.2x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

12median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 3.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
3.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 1.5%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

1median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 5 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -0.7%, and 656% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
-4.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

24median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countUp 5.3% a year over 5 years: new shares
0
5%
-3%
5.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 23% a year, sales 19%
59
12%
-2%
3.7%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 62

Today's operating margin of 3.4% is 0.47x its normal 7.1%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.5x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 3.4%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

14median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA3.4x a year of EBITDA
28
4.5x
0.5x
3.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 1x
0
1.5x
12x
1x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

96median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 18.04x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
18x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 9.8% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-9.8%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.79
89
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.79
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.