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CWST vs WCN
Side-by-side comparison of Casella Waste Systems Inc. (CWST) and Waste Connections Inc. (WCN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CWST and WCN operate in Environmental Services (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- WCN is the larger of the two at $39.62B, about 7.3x CWST ($5.46B).
- CWST has been more active in the news (16 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for WCN).
- WCN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 19 for CWST).
Casella Waste Systems Inc.
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a vertically integrated solid waste services company in the northeastern United States. It offers resource management services primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling, and organics services to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers. The company provides a range of non-hazardous solid waste services, including collections, transfer stations, and disposal facilities. It also markets recyclable metals, aluminum, plastics, and paper and corrugated cardboard that are processed at its facilities, as well as recyclables purchased from third parties. In addition, the company is involved in commodity brokerage operations. As of April 15, 2021, it owned and/or operated 46 solid waste collection operations, 58 transfer stations, 20 recycling facilities, 8 Subtitle D landfills, 4 landfill gas-to-energy facilities, and 1 landfill permitted to accept construction and demolition materials. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Rutland, Vermont.
Waste Connections Inc.
Waste Connections, Inc. provides waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through five segments: Southern, Western, Eastern, Canada, Central, and Corporate. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and E&P customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. As of December 31, 2020, it owned 311 solid waste collection operations; 132 transfer stations; 57 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 13 non-MSW landfills; 68 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. It also operated an additional 53 transfer stations, 9 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Latest CWST
- VICE CHAIRMAN, BD OF DIRECTORS Casella Douglas R was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 106,641 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Burke Michael K was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 15,841 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Battles Michael Louis was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 21% to 10,289 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Green Emily Nagle was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 17,502 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sova Gary was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 28% to 8,204 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Hulligan William P was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 28% to 8,161 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Doody Joseph was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 16% to 13,143 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Kirk Rose M. was granted 1,793 shares, increasing direct ownership by 22% to 9,835 units (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: VICE CHAIRMAN, BD OF DIRECTORS Casella Douglas R received a gift of 73,000 units of Class B Common Stock (SEC Form 4)
- Director Casella John W gifted 67,000 units of Class B Common Stock and received a gift of 67,000 units of Class B Common Stock, decreasing direct ownership by 22% to 129,800 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest WCN
- SR VP Operations Nielsen Iii Robert sold $77,780 worth of shares (500 units at $155.56), decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 4,250 units (SEC Form 4)
- Waste Connections Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Waste Connections Annual Shareholders Meeting Results
- SR VP Operations Nielsen Iii Robert sold $95,351 worth of shares (627 units at $152.07), decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 4,750 units (SEC Form 4)
- President & CEO Mittelstaedt Ronald J bought $7,611,750 worth of shares (50,000 units at $152.24), increasing direct ownership by 20% to 301,017 units (SEC Form 4)
- Senior Vice President and CIO Hansen Eric sold $988,925 worth of shares (6,000 units at $164.82), decreasing direct ownership by 31% to 13,350 units (SEC Form 4)
- Executive VP Engineering Little James sold $427,168 worth of shares (2,605 units at $163.98), decreasing direct ownership by 7% to 34,395 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Waste Connections Inc.
- SEC Form 144 filed by Waste Connections Inc.
- SEC Form DEFA14A filed by Waste Connections Inc.