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Casella Waste Systems (Casella Waste Systems) Beneish M-Score : -2.19 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Casella Waste Systems Beneish M-Score?

The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.19 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CWST' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.23   Med: -2.8   Max: -2.17
Current: -2.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Casella Waste Systems was -2.17. The lowest was -3.23. And the median was -2.80.


Casella Waste Systems Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Casella Waste Systems Beneish M-Score Chart

Casella Waste Systems Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.75 -2.72 -2.80 -2.83 -2.17

Casella Waste Systems Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.96 -2.56 -2.34 -2.17 -2.19

Competitive Comparison of Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score

For the Waste Management subindustry, Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Casella Waste Systems's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Casella Waste Systems Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of Casella Waste Systems for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 1.3146+0.528 * 0.9765+0.404 * 1.3662+0.892 * 1.2059+0.115 * 0.9231
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9829+4.679 * -0.071339-0.327 * 0.9433
=-2.19

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $151 Mil.
Revenue was 341.008 + 359.567 + 352.735 + 289.645 = $1,343 Mil.
Gross Profit was 110.208 + 120.394 + 126.432 + 103.326 = $460 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $385 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,477 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1,078 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $191 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $165 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $244 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,048 Mil.
Net Income was -4.117 + -1.811 + 18.172 + 5.49 = $18 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -4.658 + -4.801 + -3.106 + -17.669 = $-30 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 7.679 + 75.267 + 74.629 + 67.117 = $225 Mil.
Total Receivables was $95 Mil.
Revenue was 262.595 + 272.127 + 295.268 + 283.666 = $1,114 Mil.
Gross Profit was 82.395 + 87.789 + 104.983 + 97.628 = $373 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $188 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,420 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $807 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $130 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $139 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $145 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $640 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(150.903 / 1342.955) / (95.192 / 1113.656)
=0.112366 / 0.085477
=1.3146

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(372.795 / 1113.656) / (460.36 / 1342.955)
=0.334749 / 0.342796
=0.9765

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (385.402 + 1078.301) / 2477.254) / (1 - (187.828 + 806.846) / 1419.89)
=0.409143 / 0.299471
=1.3662

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=1342.955 / 1113.656
=1.2059

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(130.358 / (130.358 + 806.846)) / (191.307 / (191.307 + 1078.301))
=0.139092 / 0.150682
=0.9231

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(165.212 / 1342.955) / (139.381 / 1113.656)
=0.123021 / 0.125156
=0.9829

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((1047.508 + 244.121) / 2477.254) / ((639.722 + 145.122) / 1419.89)
=0.521395 / 0.55275
=0.9433

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(17.734 - -30.234 - 224.692) / 2477.254
=-0.071339

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Casella Waste Systems has a M-score of -2.19 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Casella Waste Systems (Casella Waste Systems) Business Description

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Address
25 Greens Hill Lane, Rutland, VT, USA, 05701
Casella Waste Systems Inc is a solid waste removal company, providing resource management services to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers in the Northeastern United States. The company's reportable segments on Geographical basis include Eastern and Western regions as well as the Resource solution segment. It generates maximum revenue from the Western region segment. The company services include Recycling, Collection, Organics, Energy, Landfills, Special Waste as well as Professional Services.
Executives
Bradford John Helgeson officer: Executive VP and CFO 30 ESSEX PLACE, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Kevin Drohan officer: VP & CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Edmond Coletta officer: PRESIDENT & CFO CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Paul Ligon officer: SR VP & CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
William P Hulligan director 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Douglas R Casella director, officer: VICE CHAIRMAN, BD OF DIRECTORS CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LN, RUTLAND VT 05701
John W Casella director, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LN, RUTLAND VT 05701
Joseph Doody director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS INC, 25 GREENS HILL LANE PO BOX 866, RUTLAND VT 05701
Michael Louis Battles director 45 WILLIAM STREET, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Rose M. Kirk director C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Gary Sova director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Emily Nagle Green director CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Sean Steves officer: Sr VP & COO of SW Ops C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Shelley E. Sayward officer: SENIOR VP & GENERAL COUNSEL C/O CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., 25 GREENS HILL LANE, RUTLAND VT 05701
Michael K Burke director C/O LANDAUER, INC., 2 SCIENCE ROAD, GLENWOOD IL 60425

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