Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Casella Waste Systems, Inc shares valued at $700,490 were sold by Coletta Edmond on Dec 08 ’25. At $100.07 per share, Coletta Edmond sold 7,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 141,093 shares worth approximately $14.19 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Edmond R. Coletta purchased 7,000 shares, netting a total of over 694,540 in proceeds.
Before that, Helgeson Bradford John had sold 262 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $22,964, the Executive VP and CFO traded Casella Waste Systems, Inc shares for $87.65 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 262 shares, worth approximately $0.5 million.
As published in their initiating research note from JP Morgan on December 11, 2025, Casella Waste Systems, Inc [CWST] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $112. Analysts at Barclays upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. Earlier on September 19, 2025, Loop Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for CWST stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing CWST Stock Performance
On last trading session, Casella Waste Systems, Inc [NASDAQ: CWST] rose 1.16% to $100.59. The stock’s lowest price that day was $98.4, but it reached a high of $101.85 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.66%. Over the course of the year, Casella Waste Systems, Inc shares have dropped approximately -5.82%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $121.24 on 05/07/25 and a 52-week low of $82.22 on 10/30/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Casella Waste Systems, Inc (CWST)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 98.68, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 96.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 102.21. The next price resistance is at 103.84. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.57 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Casella Waste Systems, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Casella Waste Systems, Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 0.21 million shares to 3.14 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 2.93 million shares. A jump of 6.7% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.96 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.96.
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In terms of Casella Waste Systems, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 116.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.16% from the previous closing price of $99.44. Analysts anticipate Casella Waste Systems, Inc stock to reach 140 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 95. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Casella Waste Systems, Inc stock as Strong Buy at the end of 2025. On January 23, 2025, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $113.
