Stocks · Industrials · Waste Management
Clean Harbors, Inc. CLH
$318.51 +1.92% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $16.81B
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 38.7× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 214 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $8.24, up 15.7% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 32%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 36%
- Gross marginBottom 46%
- Operating marginTop 30%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Interest coverTop 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 35%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 25%
- 6-month returnTop 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 25%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 40%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.9% | 5.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 2.2% | 15.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.8% | 26.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 11.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.3% | 3.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.1% | 1.9% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.7% | 2.2% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 30.8% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 11.0% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 6.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.1% | 6.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.0% | — | Top 36% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.3% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.45×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.15×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.35%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.35%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $353.00
- Target vs current price
- +10.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 64%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +14.6% | +7.5% | +2.3% | +1.6% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +3.5% | -8.2% | -5.5% | -8.6% | -0.3% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | +1.3% | +2.7% | +5.8% | +8.0% | +12.6% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | -6.8% | -11.5% | -15.2% | -9.1% | +5.7% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +1.3% | -3.1% | +1.5% | +2.5% | -0.8% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +6.9% | -0.1% | +3.7% | +5.9% | +9.9% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +14.0% | -3.0% | -5.5% | -14.0% | +1.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -2.8% | -10.7% | -8.4% | -1.3% | -10.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $3.22 | $2.81 | +14.6% | $1.74B |
| May 6, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.15 | +3.5% | $1.46B |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $1.62 | $1.60 | +1.3% | $1.50B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.21 | $2.37 | -6.8% | $1.55B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $2.36 | $2.33 | +1.3% | $1.55B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.09 | $1.02 | +6.9% | $1.43B |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.36 | +14.0% | $1.43B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $2.12 | $2.18 | -2.8% | $1.53B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 38.7× | 29.6× | 90th | Bottom 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 32.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.9× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 3.11× | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.16% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Earnings yield | 2.59% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.1× – 39.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +39.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +15.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +22.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 214
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.5%
- RSI (14)
- 55.9
- Relative volume
- 1.13×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 22.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -2.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -30.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -30.9% | 109 days | 194 days (Jan 15, 2026) |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -29.3% | 156 days | 39 days (Aug 12, 2022) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 | -17.1% | 56 days | 33 days (Dec 19, 2023) |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -13.0% | 10 days | 48 days (Dec 2, 2022) |
| May 5, 2026 | Jun 2, 2026 | -12.0% | 19 days | 39 days (Jul 29, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $16.81B
- P/E (TTM)
- 38.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.24B
- 52-week range
- $201.34 – $335.94
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.81B | $5.17B | $5.41B | $5.89B | $6.03B |
| Gross profit | $1.20B | $1.62B | $1.66B | $1.82B | $1.78B |
| Operating income | $347.9M | $634.7M | $612.4M | $670.2M | $673.4M |
| Net income | $203.2M | $411.7M | $377.9M | $402.3M | $391.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.71 | $7.56 | $6.95 | $7.42 | $7.28 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.53B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $1.55B | $1.55B | $1.50B | $1.46B | $1.74B |
| Net income | $115.2M | $84.0M | $58.7M | $126.9M | $118.8M | $86.6M | $63.2M | $170.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.12 | $1.55 | $1.09 | $2.36 | $2.21 | $1.62 | $1.19 | $3.22 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $546.0M | $626.2M | $734.6M | $777.8M | $866.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$245.7M | -$347.0M | -$424.9M | -$432.2M | -$428.6M |
| Free cash flow | $300.3M | $279.2M | $309.6M | $345.5M | $438.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$54.4M | -$50.2M | -$51.2M | -$55.2M | -$242.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $516.7M
- Total assets
- $7.84B
- Total liabilities
- $4.91B
- Total debt
- $3.03B
- Net debt
- $2.63B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.93B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,128,021
- Days to cover
- 3.26
- Change vs previous report
- +7.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 27, 2011
- 2-for-1