CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC. vs WASTE MANAGEMENT INC, two Waste Management stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CWST and WM diverge most: on return on equity, CWST reads 0.5% and WM reads 28.7%; on net margin, CWST reads 0.4% and WM reads 11.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CWST's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What WM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CWST | WM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $89.66 | $226.66 |
| Market cap | $5.7B | $91.2B |
| Sector | Waste Management | Waste Management |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +5.8% |
| P/E | — | 32.1 |
| P/B | 3.63 | 9.19 |
| P/S | 3.04 | 3.55 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.8 | 13.6 |
| Revenue growth | +15.2% | +7.3% |
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 18.8% |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity | 0.5% | 28.7% |
| Return on assets | 0.2% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.9% | 31.5% |
| FCF yield | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.74 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.91 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.56 | 2.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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