Clean Harbors, Inc.

Valuation Analysis

About the Company

Clean Harbors, Inc. provides environmental and industrial services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments: Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The Environmental Services segment collects, transports, treats, recycles, and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous waste, such as resource recovery, physical treatment, incineration, landfill disposal, wastewater treatment, lab chemicals disposal, and explosives management services; and offers CleanPack services, including collection, identification, categorization, specialized packaging, transportation, and disposal of laboratory chemicals and household hazardous waste. This segment also provides industrial maintenance and specialty industrial services; and utilizes specialty equipm

Clean Harbors, Inc. Stock at a Glance

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) is currently trading at $287.78 with a market capitalization of $15.2B. The trailing P/E ratio stands at 39.05x, with a forward P/E of 30.75x. The 52-week range spans from $201.34 to $316.98; the current price is 9.2% below the yearly high. Year-over-year revenue growth stands at +1.9%. The net profit margin stands at 6.53%.

💰 Dividend

Clean Harbors, Inc. currently does not pay a dividend. The company typically reinvests its earnings into growth initiatives and product development.

📊 Analyst Rating

14 analysts rate Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) on consensus: Buy. The average price target is $325.86, implying +13.23% from the current price. Analyst price targets range from $304.00 to $350.00.

Clean Harbors, Inc.: The Investment Case in Detail

Clean Harbors, Inc. (CLH) operates in the Industrials — specifically Waste Management — and is headquartered in United States. Below is a structured read of the investment case built directly from the latest fundamentals, valuation multiples, analyst positioning and smart-money flows. Each section translates raw numbers into the investment logic they imply, so you can decide whether the risk/reward fits your portfolio.

The Bear Case

Revenue growth has slowed to just 1.9%, which is below nominal GDP — the business is no longer outgrowing the broader economy. Our valuation screen flags the stock as overvalued — current multiples imply the business needs to deliver well above its recent trajectory to justify the price.

Valuation in Context

With a PEG ratio of 0.27, the price-to-earnings multiple is actually below the company's growth rate — classic value-meets-growth territory that Peter Lynch would have called a 'GARP' opportunity.

What to Watch Next

• The forward P/E of 30.75x is meaningfully below the trailing 39.05x — analysts expect earnings to step up; the next earnings release is the test.

Investment Thesis: Strengths & Weaknesses

Technical Snapshot

Price shows short-term weakness (below 50d MA) but is still in a longer-term uptrend (above 200d MA).

Risk Profile

The data points to relatively defensive market behavior, higher leverage relative to equity.

Trading Data

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