Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-28), Casella Waste Systems's Beta is 0.82.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Casella Waste Systems's Beta
For the Waste Management subindustry, Casella Waste Systems's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Casella Waste Systems's Beta Distribution in the Waste Management Industry
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Casella Waste Systems's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Casella Waste Systems's Beta falls into.
Casella Waste Systems Beta Calculation
Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.
Casella Waste Systems (NAS:CWST) Beta Explanation
Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.
Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)
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Casella Waste Systems (Casella Waste Systems) Business Description
Casella Waste Systems Inc is a solid waste removal company, providing resource management services to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers in the Northeastern United States. The company's reportable segments on Geographical basis include Eastern and Western regions as well as the Resource solution segment. It generates maximum revenue from the Western region segment. The company services include Recycling, Collection, Organics, Energy, Landfills, Special Waste as well as Professional Services.
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