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Casella Waste Systems Inc

CWST
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Refuse Systems
SEC CIK
0000911177

In the last 90 days, Casella Waste Systems Inc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 3 sales; 420 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $7.49B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
4.75M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−363.3K
−7.1% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
6.68
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
710.9K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 2,004,851 sharesNov 15, 2024: 1,981,307 sharesNov 29, 2024: 2,126,493 sharesDec 13, 2024: 2,030,709 sharesDec 31, 2024: 2,251,840 sharesJan 15, 2025: 1,742,072 sharesJan 31, 2025: 1,804,585 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 1,673,342 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 1,501,317 sharesMar 14, 2025: 1,848,581 sharesMar 31, 2025: 1,836,595 sharesApr 15, 2025: 2,450,276 sharesApr 30, 2025: 2,487,180 sharesMay 15, 2025: 2,378,857 sharesMay 30, 2025: 2,406,292 sharesJun 13, 2025: 2,314,568 sharesJun 30, 2025: 2,219,124 sharesJul 15, 2025: 2,045,366 sharesJul 31, 2025: 1,660,611 sharesAug 15, 2025: 2,067,851 sharesAug 29, 2025: 2,517,152 sharesSep 15, 2025: 2,595,897 sharesSep 30, 2025: 2,686,357 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,079,211 sharesOct 31, 2025: 2,931,847 sharesNov 14, 2025: 2,842,430 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,142,507 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,619,789 sharesDec 31, 2025: 4,621,943 sharesJan 15, 2026: 4,405,712 sharesJan 30, 2026: 3,961,344 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 4,114,877 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 3,602,775 sharesMar 13, 2026: 4,106,391 sharesMar 31, 2026: 4,115,432 sharesApr 15, 2026: 4,174,053 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,995,632 sharesMay 15, 2026: 4,036,892 sharesMay 29, 2026: 4,556,388 sharesJun 15, 2026: 4,442,757 sharesJun 30, 2026: 4,591,558 sharesJul 15, 2026: 4,904,523 sharesJul 31, 2026: 4,680,761 sharesAug 14, 2026: 4,805,288 sharesAug 31, 2026: 4,840,044 sharesSep 15, 2026: 5,071,072 sharesSep 30, 2026: 5,063,987 sharesOct 15, 2026: 5,109,721 sharesOct 30, 2026: 4,746,448 shares
Short interest in CWST by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20264.75M−363.3K−7.1%710.9K6.68
Oct 15, 20265.11M+45.7K+0.9%683.7K7.47
Sep 30, 20265.06M−7.08K−0.1%584.8K8.66
Sep 15, 20265.07M+231.0K+4.8%444.5K11.41
Aug 31, 20264.84M+34.8K+0.7%397.6K12.17
Aug 14, 20264.81M+124.5K+2.7%528.0K9.10
Jul 31, 20264.68M−223.8K−4.6%730.6K6.41
Jul 15, 20264.90M+313.0K+6.8%609.9K8.04
Jun 30, 20264.59M+148.8K+3.4%928.6K4.94
Jun 15, 20264.44M−113.6K−2.5%588.3K7.55
May 29, 20264.56M+519.5K+12.9%609.0K7.48
May 15, 20264.04M+41.3K+1.0%796.5K5.07
Apr 30, 20264.00M−178.4K−4.3%860.2K4.65
Apr 15, 20264.17M+58.6K+1.4%865.9K4.82
Mar 31, 20264.12M+9.04K+0.2%793.3K5.19
Mar 13, 20264.11M+503.6K+14.0%1.01M4.08
Feb 27, 20263.60M−512.1K−12.5%928.0K3.88
Feb 13, 20264.11M+153.5K+3.9%587.2K7.01
Jan 30, 20263.96M−444.4K−10.1%570.1K6.95
Jan 15, 20264.41M−216.2K−4.7%623.0K7.07
Dec 31, 20254.62M+1.00M+27.7%1.84M2.51
Dec 15, 20253.62M+477.3K+15.2%989.4K3.66
Nov 28, 20253.14M+300.1K+10.6%571.2K5.50
Nov 14, 20252.84M−89.4K−3.1%611.1K4.65
Oct 31, 20252.93M−147.4K−4.8%598.4K4.90
Oct 15, 20253.08M+392.9K+14.6%445.8K6.91
Sep 30, 20252.69M+90.5K+3.5%699.8K3.84
Sep 15, 20252.60M+78.7K+3.1%464.6K5.59
Aug 29, 20252.52M+449.3K+21.7%499.2K5.04
Aug 15, 20252.07M+407.2K+24.5%726.5K2.85
Jul 31, 20251.66M−384.8K−18.8%460.2K3.61
Jul 15, 20252.05M−173.8K−7.8%310.2K6.59
Jun 30, 20252.22M−95.4K−4.1%390.5K5.68
Jun 13, 20252.31M−91.7K−3.8%363.6K6.37
May 30, 20252.41M+27.4K+1.2%403.2K5.97
May 15, 20252.38M−108.3K−4.4%589.6K4.03
Apr 30, 20252.49M+36.9K+1.5%605.9K4.11
Apr 15, 20252.45M+613.7K+33.4%724.6K3.38
Mar 31, 20251.84M−12.0K−0.7%350.6K5.24
Mar 14, 20251.85M+347.3K+23.1%438.7K4.21
Feb 28, 20251.50M−172.0K−10.3%440.1K3.41
Feb 14, 20251.67M−131.2K−7.3%337.0K4.97
Jan 31, 20251.80M+62.5K+3.6%299.3K6.03
Jan 15, 20251.74M−509.8K−22.6%266.7K6.53
Dec 31, 20242.25M+221.1K+10.9%327.5K6.88
Dec 13, 20242.03M−95.8K−4.5%268.1K7.58
Nov 29, 20242.13M+145.2K+7.3%274.6K7.74
Nov 15, 20241.98M−23.5K−1.2%336.8K5.88
Oct 31, 20242.00M+212.4K+11.9%323.3K6.20

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in CWST by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Sep 21, 2026119$89.07$10.6K
Sep 17, 20265$90.06$450.3
Sep 15, 202621,081$90.95$1.92M
Sep 14, 202620$89.91$1.80K
Sep 11, 2026113,750$89.94$10.2M
Sep 10, 20262,158$91.16$196.7K
Sep 9, 2026412$92.07$37.9K
Sep 3, 2026958$93.40$89.5K
Aug 31, 202633$93.68$3.09K
Aug 25, 20264$94.78$379.12
Aug 21, 2026692$93.05$64.4K
Aug 20, 20268,677$92.85$805.7K
Aug 12, 20264$92.52$370.08
Aug 11, 20264$89.99$359.96
Aug 10, 20266,163$89.41$551.0K
Aug 3, 202617$89.71$1.53K
Jul 21, 20261,172$93.57$109.7K
Jul 14, 2026533$98.09$52.3K
Jul 8, 202618$99.01$1.78K
Jul 6, 20263$97.49$292.47
Jul 2, 202625$95.36$2.38K
Jul 1, 2026613$96.97$59.4K
Jun 29, 202616,400$94.35$1.55M
Jun 25, 2026190$91.24$17.3K
Jun 24, 202695$86.18$8.19K
Jun 22, 20261,618$86.98$140.7K
Jun 18, 20264,536$86.10$390.5K
Jun 11, 20269$91.03$819.27
Jun 10, 202628$87.81$2.46K
Jun 8, 2026149,102$85.90$12.8M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in CWST by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 12, 2026178,5448,394286,39762.3%
Nov 11, 2026247,780351425,25858.3%
Nov 10, 2026323,5792,067454,99971.1%
Nov 9, 2026171,16139259,66265.9%
Nov 6, 2026133,953874308,35843.4%
Nov 5, 2026267,37560408,17965.5%
Nov 4, 202680,631706165,31848.8%
Nov 3, 2026111,3950174,39363.9%
Nov 2, 2026147,819700273,77454.0%
Oct 30, 2026118,0350209,76256.3%
Oct 29, 202679,043119122,18564.7%
Oct 28, 2026159,03840,376261,96360.7%
Oct 27, 2026182,32336,215366,07449.8%
Oct 26, 2026130,1120256,37550.8%
Oct 23, 2026167,13587270,99161.7%
Oct 22, 2026256,589213453,68556.6%
Oct 21, 2026158,0693221,13771.5%
Oct 20, 2026336,464129577,75658.2%
Oct 19, 2026176,4340267,71165.9%
Oct 16, 2026279,06194347,23780.4%
Oct 15, 2026189,6390320,56659.2%
Oct 14, 2026233,3762,557552,95142.2%
Oct 13, 2026108,827334187,19158.1%
Oct 12, 2026137,59712184,33974.6%
Oct 9, 2026131,0681,074175,30674.8%
Oct 8, 2026192,3703,548226,11485.1%
Oct 7, 2026175,2550206,89984.7%
Oct 6, 2026207,7987,981270,26576.9%
Oct 5, 2026244,23821307,23879.5%
Oct 2, 2026265,9580410,10664.9%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in CWST
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2968,93530,623310,4735,19475.7%
Sep 28, 2026T21,228,40229,940400,8566,37875.4%
Sep 21, 2026T2941,51125,454284,0185,53876.8%
Sep 14, 2026T2805,02726,940382,4354,63867.8%
Sep 7, 2026T2624,22418,306248,3853,84371.5%
Aug 31, 2026T2590,40222,932363,5875,03661.9%
Aug 24, 2026T2504,44020,233360,2164,82958.3%
Aug 17, 2026T2572,44521,520213,5365,84672.8%
Aug 10, 2026T2704,62422,530203,0024,64477.6%
Aug 3, 2026T2887,40127,062507,4555,64763.6%
Jul 27, 2026T21,131,32922,911350,7815,36876.3%
Jul 20, 2026T21,064,38125,156615,0556,16363.4%