CWST - Casella Waste Systems Inc (CWST) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

2024-04-27 00:22:02 ET

Casella Waste Systems, Inc (CWST)

Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call

April 26, 2024, 10:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Charlie Wohlhuter - Director, IR

John Casella - Chairman and CEO

Brad Helgeson - CFO

Ned Coletta - President

Conference Call Participants

Michael Hoffman - Stifel

Stephanie Moore - Jefferies

Adam Bubes - Goldman Sachs

Michael Feniger - Bank of America

Tony Bancroft - GAMCO Investors

Presentation

Operator

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Casella Waste Systems First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]

Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to Charlie Wohlhuter, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Charlie Wohlhuter

Thank you, Liz. Good morning, and thank you for joining us on the call today. Today, we will be discussing our first quarter 2024 results, which were released yesterday afternoon.

Here with me are John Casella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Casella Waste Systems; Ned Coletta, our President; Brad Helgeson, our Chief Financial Officer; Jason Mead, our Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer and; Sean Steves, our Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Solid Waste Operations. After a review of these results and an update on the company's activities and business environment, we will be happy to take your questions.

But first, please note that various remarks we may make about the company's future expectations, plans and prospects constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the Safe Harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the Risk Factors section of our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, which is on file with the SEC.

In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views in any subsequent date. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so even if our views change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to today, April 26, 2024....

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