TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. decreased its position in shares of Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH - Free Report) by 46.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,217 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 2,803 shares during the quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.'s holdings in Clean Harbors were worth $740,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Reliant Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Clean Harbors in the fourth quarter valued at about $4,386,000. Fiduciary Alliance LLC acquired a new position in Clean Harbors during the 4th quarter worth approximately $846,000. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC lifted its stake in Clean Harbors by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC now owns 99,039 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $22,793,000 after purchasing an additional 4,240 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its position in Clean Harbors by 44.5% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 28,056 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $6,781,000 after buying an additional 8,639 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Clean Harbors by 17.8% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 384 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $88,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. 90.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CFO Eric J. Dugas acquired 1,050 shares of Clean Harbors stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $191.38 per share, with a total value of $200,949.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief financial officer now owns 24,238 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,638,668.44. The trade was a 4.53 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Robert Speights sold 2,725 shares of Clean Harbors stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $190.44, for a total transaction of $518,949.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 40,008 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,619,123.52. This represents a 6.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 5.60% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research firms recently weighed in on CLH. Robert W. Baird cut their price objective on Clean Harbors from $285.00 to $272.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on Clean Harbors from $284.00 to $270.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Clean Harbors from $240.00 to $205.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on shares of Clean Harbors from $250.00 to $220.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Clean Harbors from $270.00 to $250.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Clean Harbors presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $258.40.
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Clean Harbors Trading Down 1.9 %
CLH stock traded down $4.15 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $209.94. The stock had a trading volume of 220,514 shares, compared to its average volume of 347,124. The company has a current ratio of 2.21, a quick ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The firm has a market cap of $11.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.29 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $201.11 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $228.10. Clean Harbors, Inc. has a 1-year low of $178.29 and a 1-year high of $267.11.
Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The business services provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.07. Clean Harbors had a return on equity of 16.33% and a net margin of 6.83%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.29 EPS. Clean Harbors's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Clean Harbors, Inc. will post 7.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Clean Harbors Company Profile
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Clean Harbors, Inc provides environmental and industrial services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions. The Environmental Services segment collects, transports, treats, and disposes hazardous and non-hazardous waste, such as resource recovery, physical treatment, fuel blending, 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.
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