Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) is heading in the right direction with an average volume of $300.51K

As on Wednesday, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST) started slowly as it slid -5.78% to $100.56, before settling in for the price of $106.73 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, CWST posted a 52-week range of $72.97-$109.08.

The Industrials sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 14.02% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 25.88%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -37.49%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $57.01 million, simultaneously with a float of $56.55 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $5.85 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $104.74, while the 200-day Moving Average is $95.38.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Waste Management industry. Casella Waste Systems, Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 2.72%, in contrast to 103.01% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Sep 03 ’24, this organization’s VP & CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER sold 214 shares at the rate of 105.42, making the entire transaction reach 22,560 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 2,895. Preceding that transaction, on Mar 13 ’24, Company’s VICE CHAIRMAN, BD OF DIRECTORS sold 674 for 94.06, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 63,396. This particular insider is now the holder of 135,826 in total.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) Earnings and Revenue Records

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -37.49% and is forecasted to reach 1.13 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 14.90% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 25.88% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWST) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.51. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 2.51. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $303.62, and its Beta score is 1.00. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 4.09. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 116.26.

In the same vein, CWST’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 0.33, a figure that is expected to reach 0.27 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 1.13 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Casella Waste Systems, Inc., CWST], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.79 million was better the volume of 0.3 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 55.60% While, its Average True Range was 2.65.

Raw Stochastic average of Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (CWST) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 62.40%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 7.19% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 31.30% that was higher than 23.72% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.