---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000911177-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWST"
cik: "0000911177"
company_name: "CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:54:57.638905+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Casella Waste Q4 net loss $2.5M; revenue up 9.7% to $469M; FY2026 EBITDA guidance $455-465M

## Summary
- Quarterly revenues $469.1M (+9.7% YoY); net loss $(2.5)M vs. profit $4.9M in Q4 2024.
- Full-year FY2025 net income $7.9M, down 41.9% YoY; Adjusted EBITDA $422.8M (+17.3%).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $1.27 for FY2025, down 3.8% from $1.32 on higher share count.
- Acquired nine businesses in FY2025 (~$115M annualized revenue); Mountain State Waste closed Jan 1, 2026.
- FY2026 guidance: revenue $1.97-1.99B, net income $16-22M, Adjusted EBITDA $455-465M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000911177-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWST
- cik: 0000911177
- company_name: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117726000006/0000911177-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/911177/000091117726000006/cwst-20260219.htm

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