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$244.87 +6.84 (+2.87%)
Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CLH vs. CCRN, VRSK, APTV, ROL, TTEK, CWST, ABM, TISI, WM, and RSG

Should you be buying Clean Harbors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clean Harbors include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Aptiv (APTV), Rollins (ROL), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), ABM Industries (ABM), Team (TISI), Waste Management (WM), and Republic Services (RSG).

Clean Harbors vs. Its Competitors

Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) and Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cross Country Healthcare had 10 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare and 7 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.28 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clean Harbors
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Cross Country Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.70%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 14.82% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clean Harbors6.48% 14.82% 5.24%
Cross Country Healthcare -0.70%1.72%1.24%

90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Clean Harbors currently has a consensus price target of $263.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.57%. Cross Country Healthcare has a consensus price target of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 40.52%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Clean Harbors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clean Harbors
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Clean Harbors has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Harbors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clean Harbors$5.89B2.23$402.30M$7.1234.39
Cross Country Healthcare$1.34B0.31-$14.56M-$0.26-49.08

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Cross Country Healthcare on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLH vs. The Competition

MetricClean HarborsWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.77B$11.42B$22.34B$20.66B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%2.84%3.65%
P/E Ratio34.3940.3928.3028.37
Price / Sales2.235.5541.8360.45
Price / Cash15.5916.4026.6722.93
Price / Book4.844.035.685.38
Net Income$402.30M$244.88M$199.64M$994.60M
7 Day Performance1.05%1.92%0.76%1.47%
1 Month Performance5.17%-1.40%-2.22%0.48%
1 Year Performance4.55%5.04%38.89%14.95%

Clean Harbors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.0197 of 5 stars
$244.87
+2.9%
$263.40
+7.6%
+6.0%$12.77B$5.89B34.3922,796Positive News
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.4833 of 5 stars
$12.87
-1.3%
$17.93
+39.3%
-10.8%$427.49M$1.34B-24.288,205Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
VRSK
Verisk Analytics
4.3303 of 5 stars
$268.00
-1.4%
$305.60
+14.0%
-0.9%$37.99B$2.88B41.297,800Positive News
APTV
Aptiv
4.7144 of 5 stars
$64.78
-1.3%
$80.56
+24.4%
+6.3%$14.29B$19.71B14.82141,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ROL
Rollins
3.7744 of 5 stars
$58.44
+1.2%
$61.40
+5.1%
+21.2%$27.98B$3.39B57.8620,265Trending News
Analyst Revision
TTEK
Tetra Tech
2.9858 of 5 stars
$36.55
+1.9%
$41.67
+14.0%
-18.5%$9.45B$5.20B45.6930,000Positive News
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
3.8259 of 5 stars
$102.54
-0.4%
$123.17
+20.1%
-2.6%$6.54B$1.56B569.675,100
ABM
ABM Industries
3.923 of 5 stars
$46.45
+2.2%
$56.00
+20.5%
-7.1%$2.83B$8.36B37.46117,000
TISI
Team
1.2739 of 5 stars
$17.14
-1.2%
N/A+69.3%$77.92M$851.33M-1.515,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
WM
Waste Management
4.5451 of 5 stars
$230.47
+0.7%
$254.35
+10.4%
+14.7%$92.20B$23.95B34.1961,700
RSG
Republic Services
4.7257 of 5 stars
$231.60
+0.2%
$258.89
+11.8%
+17.0%$72.19B$16.37B34.2642,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CLH) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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