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CWST (Casella Waste Systems) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 109.30 (As of Jan. 19, 2025)


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What is Casella Waste Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-01-19), Casella Waste Systems's current share price is $111.49. Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1.02. Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 109.30.

The historical rank and industry rank for Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

CWST' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 82.61   Med: 130.89   Max: 458.67
Current: 108.97

During the past years, Casella Waste Systems's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 458.67. The lowest was 82.61. And the median was 130.89.

CWST's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
91.67% of 48 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 19.79 vs CWST: 108.97

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Casella Waste Systems's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.684. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.02 for the trailing ten years ended in Sep. 2024.

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Casella Waste Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Casella Waste Systems Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 171.95 189.96 172.79 105.34 92.85

Casella Waste Systems Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 85.69 92.85 110.20 105.51 97.24

Competitive Comparison of Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Waste Management subindustry, Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Casella Waste Systems Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Casella Waste Systems's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=111.49/1.02
=109.30

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Casella Waste Systems's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Sep. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2024)
=0.684/133.0289*133.0289
=0.684

Current CPI (Sep. 2024) = 133.0289.

Casella Waste Systems Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201410 -0.232 100.176 -0.308
201503 -0.251 99.621 -0.335
201506 0.434 100.684 0.573
201509 0.046 100.392 0.061
201512 0.270 99.792 0.360
201603 -0.198 100.470 -0.262
201606 0.486 101.688 0.636
201609 0.154 101.861 0.201
201612 0.183 101.863 0.239
201703 0.048 102.862 0.062
201706 0.322 103.349 0.414
201709 0.467 104.136 0.597
201712 0.166 104.011 0.212
201803 0.091 105.290 0.115
201806 0.198 106.317 0.248
201809 0.577 106.507 0.721
201812 0.212 105.998 0.266
201903 -0.293 107.251 -0.363
201906 0.105 108.070 0.129
201909 0.081 108.329 0.099
201912 0.372 108.420 0.456
202003 -0.105 108.902 -0.128
202006 0.329 108.767 0.402
202009 0.488 109.815 0.591
202012 -0.056 109.897 -0.068
202103 0.103 111.754 0.123
202106 0.342 114.631 0.397
202109 0.573 115.734 0.659
202112 0.134 117.630 0.152
202203 0.229 121.301 0.251
202206 0.494 125.017 0.526
202209 0.529 125.227 0.562
202212 0.417 125.222 0.443
202303 -0.035 127.348 -0.037
202306 0.653 128.729 0.675
202309 0.597 129.860 0.612
202312 0.185 129.419 0.190
202403 -0.389 131.776 -0.393
202406 0.468 132.554 0.470
202409 0.684 133.029 0.684

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Casella Waste Systems  (NAS:CWST) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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. The company's reportable segments on Geographical basis include Eastern, Western and Mid-Atlantic regions through 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
Michael K Burke director C/O LANDAUER, INC., 2 SCIENCE ROAD, GLENWOOD IL 60425
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
Sean Steves officer: Sr VP & COO of SW Ops C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Bradford John Helgeson officer: Executive VP and CFO 30 ESSEX PLACE, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Emily Nagle Green director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, 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
Edmond Coletta officer: PRESIDENT & CFO CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Kevin Drohan officer: VP & CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER 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 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
Joseph Doody director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LANE PO BOX 866, RUTLAND VT 05701
Gary Sova director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701