CASELLA WASTE SYS INC CWST
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 147448104 · ISIN US1474481041
American waste management company
- SectorUtilities
- IndustryRefuse Systems
- HeadquartersRutland, VT
- Founded1975
- Websitecasella.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($4.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $85.48. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($1.3m notional), 3 hold puts ($213.7k).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 278 |
| Q4 2022 | 271 |
| Q1 2023 | 267 |
| Q2 2023 | 320 |
| Q3 2023 | 300 |
| Q4 2023 | 309 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 99 | 139 |
| Q1 2023 | 123 | 117 |
| Q2 2023 | 178 | 100 |
| Q3 2023 | 162 | 138 |
| Q4 2023 | 122 | 161 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $1.6m | $8.3k | 0.01 |
| Q2 2023 | $4.5m | $8.4m | 1.85 |
| Q3 2023 | $1.1m | $747.5k | 0.69 |
| Q4 2023 | $1.3m | $213.7k | 0.16 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +2.6m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +772.7k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +519.7k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC | Added | +412.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +283.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +228.3k |
| Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. | New | +209.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +197.2k |
| Capital Research Global Investors | New | +191.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | New | +187.5k |
Biggest sellers
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC | Reduced | -485.2k |
| Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd | Sold out | -292.7k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Reduced | -253.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -198.6k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -197.2k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -193.7k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Reduced | -170.3k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC | Reduced | -161.2k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -147.2k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Reduced | -139.8k |
Biggest calls
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $914.0k10.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $333.3k3.9k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $68.4k800 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $145.3k1.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $68.4k800 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2026-01-08 | 14.3% |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 13G · institution filed 2025-01-10 | 5.5% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.5% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: WASATCH ADVISORS LP (4.9%, 2026-10-09), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 8 | $14.7m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.2m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 5 | $3.1m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $6.0m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 7 | $4.5m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $6.4m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2023.
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.5m $468.2m | Added +92.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 5.3m $450.1m | Added +2.6m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $352.6m | Added +283.2k |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 3.91% of their portfolio | 3.0m $260.6m | Added +4.1k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.72% of their portfolio | 2.9m $247.8m | Reduced -147.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.2m $183.8m | Added +197.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.9m $161.0m | Added +228.3k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 1.7m $143.0m | Reduced -485.2k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.5m $131.9m | Reduced -170.3k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 1.5m $125.6m | Reduced -55.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $124.3m | Added +131.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $114.4m | Added +772.7k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.3m $112.1m | Added +412.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $107.0m | Added +73.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $105.5m | Added +55.7k |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 1.2m $101.0m | Reduced -193.7k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $96.8m | Reduced -253.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 983.8k $84.1m | Added +148.9k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.57% of their portfolio | 972.0k $83.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 897.6k $76.7m | Reduced -35.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 823.2k $70.3m | Reduced -198.6k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 751.6k $64.2m | Added +159.8k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.94% of their portfolio | 749.3k $64.0m | Reduced -197.2k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.10% of their portfolio | 748.0k $63.9m | Reduced -23.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 725.4k $62.0m | Reduced -9.8k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 603.8k $51.6m | Added +519.7k |
| LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 0.28% of their portfolio | 573.7k $49.0m | Added +5.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 529.7k $45.3m | Reduced -528 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 518.4k $44.3m | Reduced -110.8k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 1.70% of their portfolio | 510.1k $43.6m | Reduced -16.6k |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 2.27% of their portfolio | 438.9k $37.5m | Added +2.1k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 405.2k $34.6m | Added +33.5k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 395.0k $33.8m | Reduced -55.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 367.5k $33.0m | Reduced -27.7k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.98% of their portfolio | 346.3k $29.6m | Added +14.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 338.1k $28.9m | Reduced -57.8k |
| THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.42% of their portfolio | 337.8k $28.9m | Reduced -29.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 325.1k $27.8m | Reduced -79.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 305.8k $26.1m | Added +8.6k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 296.5k $25.3m | Reduced -46.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 293.8k $25.1m | Added +30.4k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 293.6k $25.1m | Reduced -658 |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 289.9k $24.8m | Added +114.9k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.11% of their portfolio | 289.0k $24.7m | Added +60.3k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 288.8k $24.7m | Added +9.8k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.04% of their portfolio | 256.9k $22.0m | Reduced -32.9k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 248.1k $21.2m | Reduced -161.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 244.9k $20.9m | Reduced -973 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 239.6k $20.5m | Added +7.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.06% of their portfolio | 237.4k $20.3m | Added +11.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 228.8k $19.6m | Reduced -28.5k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 227.2k $19.5m | Added +18.2k |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 217.2k $18.6m | Reduced -513 |
| Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. 1.44% of their portfolio | 209.7k $17.9m | New |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 191.8k $16.4m | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 187.7k $16.0m | Reduced -24.4k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.03% of their portfolio | 187.5k $16.0m | New |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 154.7k $13.3m | Reduced -424 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 149.5k $12.8m | Reduced -17.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.3k $12.8m | Reduced -3.2k |
| FIL Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 144.8k $12.4m | Added +1.2k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 136.0k $11.6m | Reduced -3.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 132.7k $11.3m | Added +16.7k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.03% of their portfolio | 126.4k $10.8m | Added +11.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 123.9k $10.6m | Reduced -65.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 112.2k $9.6m | Reduced -11.2k |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 105.0k $9.0m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.3k $8.8m | Reduced -14.7k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.09% of their portfolio | 101.9k $8.7m | Unchanged |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 98.6k $8.4m | Added +95.8k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.9k $8.4m | Reduced -10.9k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.0k $8.1m | Reduced -69.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.9k $7.6m | Added +68.7k |
| Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP 1.42% of their portfolio | 88.0k $7.5m | Reduced -4.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.0k $7.3m | Added +2.3k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 83.2k $7.1m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.9k $6.8m | Reduced -727 |
| Catawba River Capital 4.74% of their portfolio | 78.9k $6.7m | Reduced -459 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 75.8k $6.5m | Added +635 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.9k $6.1m | Added +118 |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.5k $5.2m | Reduced -4.9k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 62.4k $5.3m | Reduced -139.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.5k $5.3m | Added +745 |
| Jackson Square Partners, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 60.5k $5.2m | Unchanged |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.3k $5.2m | Reduced -1.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.1k $5.1m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 60.0k $5.1m | New |
| OAK RIDGE INVESTMENTS LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 59.5k $5.1m | Reduced -4.0k |
| STRS OHIO 0.02% of their portfolio | 55.9k $4.8m | Added +10.0k |
| KRAEMATON INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC 5.19% of their portfolio | 55.3k $4.7m | Reduced -1.1k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.2k $4.6m | Reduced -20.9k |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 52.2k $4.5m | Reduced -2.4k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 52.1k $4.5m | New |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.3k $4.1m | Added +65 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.8k $4.1m | Reduced -3.5k |
| OPPENHEIMER ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 46.3k $4.0m | Reduced -7.6k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 45.4k $3.9m | First filing |
| Ziegler Capital Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 43.4k $3.7m | Reduced -101.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.1k $3.7m | Added +34.9k |
| HM PAYSON & CO 0.07% of their portfolio | 41.5k $3.5m | Reduced -2.0k |