Clean Harbors (CLH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Clean Harbors, Inc. provides environmental, industrial, and waste management services to commercial, industrial, government, and other customers. The company manages hazardous and non-hazardous waste through collection, transportation, treatment, recycling, and disposal services. It also provides emergency response services for chemical spills, environmental incidents, and other hazardous-material events.

Clean Harbors offers industrial maintenance and specialty services, including industrial cleaning, facility maintenance, chemical cleaning, waste handling, and turnaround support for refineries, manufacturing facilities, utilities, and other industrial operations. Through its Safety-Kleen operations, the company also provides used-oil collection and re-refining, parts cleaning, environmental services, and related products for automotive, commercial, and industrial customers.

Founded in 1980 by Alan S. McKim, Clean Harbors is headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, and serves customers primarily throughout the United States and Canada. Michael B. Battles serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer, while McKim has continued to be associated with the company as executive chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $312.71 to $319.80
• 50-Day Range: $301.92 to $327.50
• 52-Week Range: $201.34 to $335.94
• Volume: 424,055 shs
• Average Volume: 370,775 shs
• Market Capitalization: $16.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 38.73
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $354.57
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Clean Harbors Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Clean Harbors scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 399th out of 653 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Clean Harbors has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $354.57, representing about 11.1% upside from its current price of $319.17.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Clean Harbors has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -0.72%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Clean Harbors are expected to decrease by -0.72% in the coming year, from $9.78 to $9.71 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Clean Harbors is 38.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Clean Harbors is 38.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Clean Harbors has a PEG Ratio of 2.04. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Clean Harbors has a P/B Ratio of 6.21. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.25% of the float of Clean Harbors has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Clean Harbors has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.26, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Clean Harbors has recently increased by 7.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Clean Harbors does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Clean Harbors does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

Clean Harbors has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Clean Harbors this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for CLH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -80% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Clean Harbors to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Clean Harbors insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,051,104.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.00% of the stock of Clean Harbors is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.43% of the stock of Clean Harbors is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: Environmental & Facilities Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CLH
• CIK: 822818
• Web: www.cleanharbors.com
• Phone: (781) 792-5000
• Fax: 781-792-5900
• Employees: 22,155
• Year Founded: 1980

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Clean Harbors: $354.57
• High Price Target: $390.00
• Low Price Target: $306.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.24
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 38.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.64
• P/E Growth: 2.04
• Net Income: $390.97 million
• Net Margins: 7.03%
• Pretax Margin: 9.57%
• Return on Equity: 15.65%
• Return on Assets: 5.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.94
• Current Ratio: 2.13
• Quick Ratio: 1.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.03 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.79
• Cash Flow: $16.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.84
• Book Value: $51.39 per share
• Price / Book: 6.21

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 52,790,000
• Free Float: 50,148,000
• Market Cap: $16.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.87