Casella Waste Systems, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Officer PAUL LIGON acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.1 million on Aug 04 ’25. In the deal valued at $102.98 per share,1,000 shares were bought.
Then, Ligon Paul sold 1,000 shares, generating $116,980 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $116.98, the SR VP of Sustainable Growth now owns 19,347 shares.
Before that, CASELLA JOHN W sold 18,093 shares. Casella Waste Systems, Inc shares valued at $2,168,808 were divested by the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER at a price of $119.87 per share. As a result of the transaction, CASELLA JOHN W now holds 11,416 shares, worth roughly $1.17 million.
Jefferies downgraded its Casella Waste Systems, Inc [CWST] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published on January 23, 2025; the price target was decreased to $113 from $115. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including William Blair’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early October with a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating. Deutsche Bank began covering CWST with “Hold” recommendation on May 23, 2024. Wells Fargo started covering the stock on November 27, 2023. It rated CWST as “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of CWST
On Monday, Casella Waste Systems, Inc [NASDAQ:CWST] saw its stock fall -0.43% to $102.54. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.37%. Casella Waste Systems, Inc shares have fallen nearly -0.98% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -3.09% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Casella Waste Systems, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Casella Waste Systems, Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.27 million shares to a total of 2.05 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 2.31 million shares. There was a decline of -13.16%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
