Clean Harbors (CLH) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CCRN or CLH?

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CCRN or CLH?

Cross Country Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 34.21%. Clean Harbors has a consensus target price of $257.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.78%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Clean Harbors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Clean Harbors	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCRN or CLH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare	$1.34B	0.33	-$14.56M	-$0.53	-25.21
Clean Harbors	$5.89B	2.06	$402.30M	$7.22	31.37

Is CCRN or CLH more profitable?

Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -1.41%. Clean Harbors' return on equity of 15.47% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare	-1.41%	2.56%	1.84%
Clean Harbors	6.58%	15.47%	5.38%

Does the media prefer CCRN or CLH?

In the previous week, Clean Harbors had 10 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Clean Harbors and 3 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.35 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Clean Harbors	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CCRN or CLH?

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Clean Harbors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Clean Harbors beats Cross Country Healthcare on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.