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Casella Waste Systems (Casella Waste Systems) Cash Ratio

: 0.79 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.79.

Casella Waste Systems has a Cash Ratio of 0.79. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CWST' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 0.04   Max: 1.18
Current: 0.79

During the past 13 years, Casella Waste Systems's highest Cash Ratio was 1.18. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.04.

CWST's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
68.07% of 238 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 0.39 vs CWST: 0.79

Casella Waste Systems Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* 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.

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Casella Waste Systems Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.03 1.18 0.22 0.40 0.79

Casella Waste Systems Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.40 0.42 2.12 0.87 0.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio 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 Cash Ratio Distribution

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio falls into.



Casella Waste Systems Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=220.912/278.858
=0.79

Casella Waste Systems's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=220.912/278.858
=0.79

* 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.


Casella Waste Systems  (NAS:CWST) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Casella Waste Systems (Casella Waste Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25 Greens Hill Lane, Rutland, VT, USA, 05701
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.
Executives
Bradford John Helgeson officer: Executive VP and CFO 30 ESSEX PLACE, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Kevin Drohan officer: VP & CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Edmond Coletta officer: PRESIDENT & CFO CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Paul Ligon officer: SR VP & CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
William P Hulligan director 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Douglas R Casella director, officer: VICE CHAIRMAN, BD OF DIRECTORS CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LN, RUTLAND VT 05701
John W Casella director, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LN, RUTLAND VT 05701
Joseph Doody director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LANE PO BOX 866, RUTLAND VT 05701
Michael Louis Battles director 45 WILLIAM STREET, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Rose M. Kirk director C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Gary Sova director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Emily Nagle Green director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Sean Steves officer: Sr VP & COO of SW Ops C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Shelley E. Sayward officer: SENIOR VP & GENERAL COUNSEL C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Michael K Burke director C/O LANDAUER, INC., 2 SCIENCE ROAD, GLENWOOD IL 60425